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Ft.lbs - How Much Is Enough?
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1460931" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>I do agree fully with others about bullet performance playing an important role. While the conventional guidelines for velocity and energy can be useful for the initial selection of a bullet/load, I place the greatest importance on the how a specific bullet performs on my target animal(s) out to the maximum distance I plan to shoot. Regardless of caliber, penetration <strong>and</strong> bullet expansion(sectional density/bullet construction) are the critical factors. I have gotten good success over several years and dozens of medium sized game(whitetail, mule deer, antelope, etc.), from 100-1100 yards running 6.5, 140gr Berger HVLD's, and 140/142 JLK VLD's in the 3000FPS/MV range. They appear to kill differently between 100-500 yards(hydrostatic shock), and 500+ yards (tissue damage)....but they surely kill when the bullet is placed in the vitals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1460931, member: 10291"] I do agree fully with others about bullet performance playing an important role. While the conventional guidelines for velocity and energy can be useful for the initial selection of a bullet/load, I place the greatest importance on the how a specific bullet performs on my target animal(s) out to the maximum distance I plan to shoot. Regardless of caliber, penetration [B]and[/B] bullet expansion(sectional density/bullet construction) are the critical factors. I have gotten good success over several years and dozens of medium sized game(whitetail, mule deer, antelope, etc.), from 100-1100 yards running 6.5, 140gr Berger HVLD’s, and 140/142 JLK VLD’s in the 3000FPS/MV range. They appear to kill differently between 100-500 yards(hydrostatic shock), and 500+ yards (tissue damage)....but they surely kill when the bullet is placed in the vitals. [/QUOTE]
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