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Mometum???...Energy???
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<blockquote data-quote="Charles A" data-source="post: 81695" data-attributes="member: 231"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>Eaglet, First off nothing short of a cannon ball will "knock game off its feet". This is a widely held misconception. If an animal is struck in the right nerve center (such as the spine), it will appear to be knocked over. Bullets kill bt disrupting normal body functions by cutting a path through the animal. Lung shots deprive the animal of air and breathing capacity, heart shots deprive the animal of blood flow, etc. That is why with the smaller calibers, expansion and penetration is so important. A light bullet going too fast will "explode" upon impact causing only surface damage with no penetration to vital organs, etc. The old "big bore" bullets made a large hole and they penetrated very well. They did not have hydrostatic shock like smaller high velocity rounds, but animals died. A very large argument over which type of bullet causes a better terminal result. One thing is pretty much universally agreed upon is that you must have a certain amount of penetration to be effective. A long standing argument is which is better: to exit or stop just under the hide? Energy does not kill animals per se, but rather the bullet causing a disruption of the body functions of the animal. Only a hit in the nervous system can cause a true muscle reaction that appears as "knockdown". Momentum does play a larger part on a steel target since the bullet must stay together and "push" against the target to knock it over. There are no body funtions to disrupt, so slightly different theory applies to steel vs. animals. Hope that this isn't too confusing. We primarily are concerned with live animals on this site and performance of bullets in bone, live tissue, etc. This is why the "bonded bullet" is causing such a stir. Better expansion, but also better penetration since the bullet stays together rather than breaks up and causes a better wound channel. Good luck. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>Very good post!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charles A, post: 81695, member: 231"] [ QUOTE ] Eaglet, First off nothing short of a cannon ball will "knock game off its feet". This is a widely held misconception. If an animal is struck in the right nerve center (such as the spine), it will appear to be knocked over. Bullets kill bt disrupting normal body functions by cutting a path through the animal. Lung shots deprive the animal of air and breathing capacity, heart shots deprive the animal of blood flow, etc. That is why with the smaller calibers, expansion and penetration is so important. A light bullet going too fast will "explode" upon impact causing only surface damage with no penetration to vital organs, etc. The old "big bore" bullets made a large hole and they penetrated very well. They did not have hydrostatic shock like smaller high velocity rounds, but animals died. A very large argument over which type of bullet causes a better terminal result. One thing is pretty much universally agreed upon is that you must have a certain amount of penetration to be effective. A long standing argument is which is better: to exit or stop just under the hide? Energy does not kill animals per se, but rather the bullet causing a disruption of the body functions of the animal. Only a hit in the nervous system can cause a true muscle reaction that appears as "knockdown". Momentum does play a larger part on a steel target since the bullet must stay together and "push" against the target to knock it over. There are no body funtions to disrupt, so slightly different theory applies to steel vs. animals. Hope that this isn't too confusing. We primarily are concerned with live animals on this site and performance of bullets in bone, live tissue, etc. This is why the "bonded bullet" is causing such a stir. Better expansion, but also better penetration since the bullet stays together rather than breaks up and causes a better wound channel. Good luck. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Very good post! [/QUOTE]
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