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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
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Is sectional density imporant?
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<blockquote data-quote="HARPERC" data-source="post: 939855" data-attributes="member: 30671"><p>My 2 cents, when discussing terminal performance sectional density is only useful comparing bullets of the same construction, and it's minimally helpful.</p><p></p><p>I believe expanding bullets are mostly spent as they exit, and I don't really believe energy figures are meaningful or useful in any practical way.</p><p></p><p>Bullets that rapidly expand, and don't exit, damage more tissue, and appear at times like more "energy" ended up in the animal.</p><p></p><p>I prefer exit wounds. One, a large sucking chest wound on both sides seems to slow critters down, two, a better blood trail helps recovery especially in heavy cover.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HARPERC, post: 939855, member: 30671"] My 2 cents, when discussing terminal performance sectional density is only useful comparing bullets of the same construction, and it's minimally helpful. I believe expanding bullets are mostly spent as they exit, and I don't really believe energy figures are meaningful or useful in any practical way. Bullets that rapidly expand, and don't exit, damage more tissue, and appear at times like more "energy" ended up in the animal. I prefer exit wounds. One, a large sucking chest wound on both sides seems to slow critters down, two, a better blood trail helps recovery especially in heavy cover. [/QUOTE]
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