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How Penetration Varies with Distance
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<blockquote data-quote="Brent" data-source="post: 175" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Just an observation of mine in the field the last few years, hunting with factory loaded Swift A-frames in my 416wby. I shot a moose at 220yds missing the spine and breaking the opposite shoulder blade only. </p><p></p><p>The moose fell and never moved again. The bullet stopped under the skin and retained 365gns of 400, mushroomed perfectly at .700-.750" dia.</p><p></p><p>The other moose was shot at 640yds and missed the mark a little, taking out both front shoulders then exiting with surprisingly little meat lost.</p><p></p><p>I now hunt long range with the high BC Barnes 400 XLC`s as they are flatter and offer possibly less damage to meat. It seems after maybe 500yds any bullet would likely exit,</p><p></p><p> less frontal area resulting from lower impact velocity = higher psi on receiving tissue = deeper penitration. Nice to see a chart like his, gives me alot better idea how well they do at 1000+yds when I enter that phase. </p><p></p><p>I assume 5" of penitration at 3000 feet is with quite a low powered cartridge though. Was there any mention of vel. or bullet weight in there?</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the insight Ken.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brent, post: 175, member: 99"] Just an observation of mine in the field the last few years, hunting with factory loaded Swift A-frames in my 416wby. I shot a moose at 220yds missing the spine and breaking the opposite shoulder blade only. The moose fell and never moved again. The bullet stopped under the skin and retained 365gns of 400, mushroomed perfectly at .700-.750" dia. The other moose was shot at 640yds and missed the mark a little, taking out both front shoulders then exiting with surprisingly little meat lost. I now hunt long range with the high BC Barnes 400 XLC`s as they are flatter and offer possibly less damage to meat. It seems after maybe 500yds any bullet would likely exit, less frontal area resulting from lower impact velocity = higher psi on receiving tissue = deeper penitration. Nice to see a chart like his, gives me alot better idea how well they do at 1000+yds when I enter that phase. I assume 5" of penitration at 3000 feet is with quite a low powered cartridge though. Was there any mention of vel. or bullet weight in there? Thanks for the insight Ken. [/QUOTE]
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