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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Bullet lethality: energy and velocity
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<blockquote data-quote="ATH" data-source="post: 1902351" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>Energy doesn't matter if your velocity falls below the expansion envelope of your bullet and it pencils through, unable to translate the energy into tissue damage. As an example I'm building my first 300 Blackout primarily as a home defense gun but in looking at things it's clear a lot of people are using bullets which simply will not consistently expand on flesh as they were designed for higher velocities. Other rounds can fall victim to this in both directions -- not expanding enough or expanding too violently. The energy has to translate into effective tissue damage. So both velocity and energy are important as they interact with bullet design.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ATH, post: 1902351, member: 1656"] Energy doesn't matter if your velocity falls below the expansion envelope of your bullet and it pencils through, unable to translate the energy into tissue damage. As an example I'm building my first 300 Blackout primarily as a home defense gun but in looking at things it's clear a lot of people are using bullets which simply will not consistently expand on flesh as they were designed for higher velocities. Other rounds can fall victim to this in both directions -- not expanding enough or expanding too violently. The energy has to translate into effective tissue damage. So both velocity and energy are important as they interact with bullet design. [/QUOTE]
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