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How much Energy to kill a Deer?
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 333081" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>JWP, let me help you out with an illustrative object lesson...</p><p> </p><p>Lets take, say a 300 g SMK fired out of your 338 Lapua (a fine cartridge gun)) </p><p> </p><p>OK... Said bullet is traveling downrange toward a 1" steel plate targert 50 yds from muzzle. The bullet arrives at said targert with a velocity of 2690 fps and and energy of 4820 ftlbs. A fraction of a second later, said bullet is lying on terra firma with zero velocity and zero energy. Does the steel plate target show any signs of significant temp change? Is there any sign of scorched or melted metal? Just what happened to all that energy???? Clue.... look at the shape of the bullet lying on terra firma and the crater in the steel plate. I'm guessing that's where the energy went to....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 333081, member: 11717"] JWP, let me help you out with an illustrative object lesson... Lets take, say a 300 g SMK fired out of your 338 Lapua (a fine cartridge gun)) OK... Said bullet is traveling downrange toward a 1" steel plate targert 50 yds from muzzle. The bullet arrives at said targert with a velocity of 2690 fps and and energy of 4820 ftlbs. A fraction of a second later, said bullet is lying on terra firma with zero velocity and zero energy. Does the steel plate target show any signs of significant temp change? Is there any sign of scorched or melted metal? Just what happened to all that energy???? Clue.... look at the shape of the bullet lying on terra firma and the crater in the steel plate. I'm guessing that's where the energy went to.... [/QUOTE]
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