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<blockquote data-quote="nicholasjohn" data-source="post: 2265031" data-attributes="member: 109113"><p>It's ironic that you brought this up, just a few days after I read about gyroscopic stability in animal flesh ( as opposed to in air.) The author, a guy named Pierre van der Walt, stated that a bullet needs to be spun hundreds of times faster to maintain stability in animal tissue, and since their rotational velocity doesn't change on impact, they may tumble in flesh if they don't become significantly shorter. When the front half of the bullet either mushrooms or fragments, the shank is what remains to be stabilized - and it is probably spinning fast enough to maintain gyroscopic stability and continue to penetrate in a straight line. If there is no expansion, however, it would likely not be spinning nearly fast enough for this to happen, and tumbling is likely to occur. He also stated that monolithic solids of very heavy weight for caliber are particularly bad in this regard. </p><p></p><p>Of the handful of animals I've shot with the ELD-X, any bullets I found in the carcasses were nothing more than a shank. The front ends were either completely deformed or gone, and penetration was good. Some exited as well. Holes weren't huge, but plenty big enough. All were on deer - some large; some not so large. I haven't shot any elk with the bullet, but wouldn't hesitate to do so. I would prefer to use a heavy for caliber ELD-X, so that when the front end is gone there will still be enough mass there to get the job done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nicholasjohn, post: 2265031, member: 109113"] It's ironic that you brought this up, just a few days after I read about gyroscopic stability in animal flesh ( as opposed to in air.) The author, a guy named Pierre van der Walt, stated that a bullet needs to be spun hundreds of times faster to maintain stability in animal tissue, and since their rotational velocity doesn't change on impact, they may tumble in flesh if they don't become significantly shorter. When the front half of the bullet either mushrooms or fragments, the shank is what remains to be stabilized - and it is probably spinning fast enough to maintain gyroscopic stability and continue to penetrate in a straight line. If there is no expansion, however, it would likely not be spinning nearly fast enough for this to happen, and tumbling is likely to occur. He also stated that monolithic solids of very heavy weight for caliber are particularly bad in this regard. Of the handful of animals I've shot with the ELD-X, any bullets I found in the carcasses were nothing more than a shank. The front ends were either completely deformed or gone, and penetration was good. Some exited as well. Holes weren't huge, but plenty big enough. All were on deer - some large; some not so large. I haven't shot any elk with the bullet, but wouldn't hesitate to do so. I would prefer to use a heavy for caliber ELD-X, so that when the front end is gone there will still be enough mass there to get the job done. [/QUOTE]
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