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The Basics, Starting Out
My thoughts on solid copper bullets and in comparison to other bullet types.
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<blockquote data-quote="Petey308" data-source="post: 2328903" data-attributes="member: 106845"><p>That's really hard to answer outright lol. They're both different. Hydrostatic shock is like an electrical impulse or shockwave. It's not really doing the actual wounding. It's just traveling through the animal to the spine and brain and through autonomic plexuses (nerve centers) to shut down the CNS. Hydraulic shock is what ultimately causes the wounding, and there's different levels of it. The way I think about them to remember which is which is to think static is like from radio waves (the shockwave) and hydraulic is fluid, so fluid and tissue displacement.</p><p></p><p>Ultimately both are dependent upon too many other factors to tie an exact velocity to them on when they occur. The bullet's construction/composition, how it transfers energy, impact velocity, shot placement, etc, etc will all determine if and how much of both things occur. You'll need more velocity with some bullet types, and less with others. Sometimes you don't get hydrostatic shock, or the shot is placed in an area it simply isn't sufficient enough to reach the nervous system sufficiently. You'll always get a degree of hydraulic shock though. Any amount of tissue and fluid displacement around an object going through a body will cause it. The more speed and disproportionate to original caliber size wounding caused by expansion of the projectile though, the more </p><p>overall hydraulic forces are created and the more ruptured tissues and wounding there is. That will again depend more on the bullet type and shot placement than a specific speed. </p><p></p><p>Does that answer your question?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Petey308, post: 2328903, member: 106845"] That’s really hard to answer outright lol. They’re both different. Hydrostatic shock is like an electrical impulse or shockwave. It’s not really doing the actual wounding. It’s just traveling through the animal to the spine and brain and through autonomic plexuses (nerve centers) to shut down the CNS. Hydraulic shock is what ultimately causes the wounding, and there’s different levels of it. The way I think about them to remember which is which is to think static is like from radio waves (the shockwave) and hydraulic is fluid, so fluid and tissue displacement. Ultimately both are dependent upon too many other factors to tie an exact velocity to them on when they occur. The bullet’s construction/composition, how it transfers energy, impact velocity, shot placement, etc, etc will all determine if and how much of both things occur. You’ll need more velocity with some bullet types, and less with others. Sometimes you don’t get hydrostatic shock, or the shot is placed in an area it simply isn’t sufficient enough to reach the nervous system sufficiently. You’ll always get a degree of hydraulic shock though. Any amount of tissue and fluid displacement around an object going through a body will cause it. The more speed and disproportionate to original caliber size wounding caused by expansion of the projectile though, the more overall hydraulic forces are created and the more ruptured tissues and wounding there is. That will again depend more on the bullet type and shot placement than a specific speed. Does that answer your question? [/QUOTE]
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