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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: 2330188" data-attributes="member: 106845"><p>You can definitely tell you're an engineer lol. Yes, it always depends. And any velocity attached and mentioned here should be treated as a rule of thumb, not an absolute, because there are no absolutes, as you so stated. The fact is, expansion and performance does indeed taper off significantly after a certain velocity. There are definitely other factors and variables involved as well. This has been mentioned multiple times. The amount of impact resistance, where it impacts, the angles, what is hit as the bullet penetrates, how the bullet behaves terminally as designed, the tissues impacted and penetrated through, contracted muscles vs relaxed, amount of tendons and cartilage hit, etc, etc, etc. </p><p></p><p>To me, it's about stacking as many odds in your favor as you can. It's not a controlled environment out there hunting, so you can't truly count on anything really. Having a reliable and dependable bullet as well as rifle and every other piece of equipment and tools used is vital. Being a competent, well practices and trained shooter is also very important. </p><p></p><p>Some of these things go assumed and understood, especially when it's not the key topic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Petey308, post: 2330188, member: 106845"] You can definitely tell you’re an engineer lol. Yes, it always depends. And any velocity attached and mentioned here should be treated as a rule of thumb, not an absolute, because there are no absolutes, as you so stated. The fact is, expansion and performance does indeed taper off significantly after a certain velocity. There are definitely other factors and variables involved as well. This has been mentioned multiple times. The amount of impact resistance, where it impacts, the angles, what is hit as the bullet penetrates, how the bullet behaves terminally as designed, the tissues impacted and penetrated through, contracted muscles vs relaxed, amount of tendons and cartilage hit, etc, etc, etc. To me, it’s about stacking as many odds in your favor as you can. It’s not a controlled environment out there hunting, so you can’t truly count on anything really. Having a reliable and dependable bullet as well as rifle and every other piece of equipment and tools used is vital. Being a competent, well practices and trained shooter is also very important. Some of these things go assumed and understood, especially when it’s not the key topic. [/QUOTE]
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