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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Bullet lethality: energy and velocity
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<blockquote data-quote="vancewalker007" data-source="post: 1902905" data-attributes="member: 66917"><p>The 2 longest shots on game I've been personal witness to were a 934 yard shot on a Coues deer and a 1092 yard shot on a cow elk. Both with a 7mm LRM. The deer was shot with a 175gr ELDx running about 3000fps. The elk was shot with a Berger 180gr VLD hunting. Technically they were both killed by the G7 I was using to range them with. Both shots were made by my son (he's grown), so I just had to get the range and wind call ;-). </p><p></p><p>The deer experienced a bullet traveling about 1930 fps with about 1400 ft lbs. The bullet performed (as far as killing) perfectly. It entered near the last rib on the right side and travelled in a straight line across the heart lung area at slight angle exiting the front of the left shoulder. I don't think it struck any major bone. The deer dropped on contact, DRT. We could see the deer with our glasses the entire time.</p><p></p><p>The elk was angling slightly head-to-the left. The bullet hit directly in the middle of a rib in the middle of the heart lung expanded a lot, disappeared, and the elk tipped over rolling down the steep hill she was on DRT. We could see her with our glasses. The VLD hit at about 1830 fps carrying about 1310 ft lbs. </p><p></p><p>In both cases the bullets were very similar carrying plenty of velocity to expand as designed and kill even though the ft lbs were not super high. Of course these are anecdotal, but I think the message is shoot a good bullet that will still have enough velocity at your personal max hunting range to expand properly into the heart lung area and you're likely going to have plenty of energy to get to vitals for a kill.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vancewalker007, post: 1902905, member: 66917"] The 2 longest shots on game I've been personal witness to were a 934 yard shot on a Coues deer and a 1092 yard shot on a cow elk. Both with a 7mm LRM. The deer was shot with a 175gr ELDx running about 3000fps. The elk was shot with a Berger 180gr VLD hunting. Technically they were both killed by the G7 I was using to range them with. Both shots were made by my son (he's grown), so I just had to get the range and wind call ;-). The deer experienced a bullet traveling about 1930 fps with about 1400 ft lbs. The bullet performed (as far as killing) perfectly. It entered near the last rib on the right side and travelled in a straight line across the heart lung area at slight angle exiting the front of the left shoulder. I don't think it struck any major bone. The deer dropped on contact, DRT. We could see the deer with our glasses the entire time. The elk was angling slightly head-to-the left. The bullet hit directly in the middle of a rib in the middle of the heart lung expanded a lot, disappeared, and the elk tipped over rolling down the steep hill she was on DRT. We could see her with our glasses. The VLD hit at about 1830 fps carrying about 1310 ft lbs. In both cases the bullets were very similar carrying plenty of velocity to expand as designed and kill even though the ft lbs were not super high. Of course these are anecdotal, but I think the message is shoot a good bullet that will still have enough velocity at your personal max hunting range to expand properly into the heart lung area and you're likely going to have plenty of energy to get to vitals for a kill. [/QUOTE]
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