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<blockquote data-quote="JASmith" data-source="post: 1354327" data-attributes="member: 24844"><p>These conversations have been going on since the first human banged a rock off the head of dinner. They became more intense when we discovered that a sharp stick works too and is easier to jab with or fling at the quarry.</p><p></p><p>To illustrate, an archaeology team working in IIRC, Norway, working on a mesolithic site (5,000 -10000 years old) asked the question: "Is there a correlation between arrowhead size and game animal?" </p><p></p><p>They indeed did find a correlation. The hypothetical criterion was the time required for the animal to faint from loss of blood pressure in the brain. In particular, could that time be less than that needed to run more than about 100 meters, or ten seconds?</p><p></p><p>To be sure, the wound channel had to intersect parts of the heart and blood vessels that communicate directly with the cranium. Too much time was needed for blood getting there by a roundabout way, or mere bleed out for the 100 meter rule to be satisfied.</p><p></p><p>Modern tests on live beef confirmed the hypothesis. Then some folks compared the size of the wound channels created by modern hunting bullets and discovered that, indeed, we see much the same correlation between animal size and weight of expanding bullet for hunting.</p><p></p><p>I extended their results into an algorithm that yields suggested bullet sizes for different size game animals. There are four bullet types in the formula because cup and core bullets don't behave the same way as bonded, partition and lead free hunting bullets.</p><p></p><p>Go here to try it out: </p><p><strong><a href="http://shootersnotes.com/ideal-bullet-weight/" target="_blank">Ideal Bullet Weight</a></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JASmith, post: 1354327, member: 24844"] These conversations have been going on since the first human banged a rock off the head of dinner. They became more intense when we discovered that a sharp stick works too and is easier to jab with or fling at the quarry. To illustrate, an archaeology team working in IIRC, Norway, working on a mesolithic site (5,000 -10000 years old) asked the question: "Is there a correlation between arrowhead size and game animal?" They indeed did find a correlation. The hypothetical criterion was the time required for the animal to faint from loss of blood pressure in the brain. In particular, could that time be less than that needed to run more than about 100 meters, or ten seconds? To be sure, the wound channel had to intersect parts of the heart and blood vessels that communicate directly with the cranium. Too much time was needed for blood getting there by a roundabout way, or mere bleed out for the 100 meter rule to be satisfied. Modern tests on live beef confirmed the hypothesis. Then some folks compared the size of the wound channels created by modern hunting bullets and discovered that, indeed, we see much the same correlation between animal size and weight of expanding bullet for hunting. I extended their results into an algorithm that yields suggested bullet sizes for different size game animals. There are four bullet types in the formula because cup and core bullets don't behave the same way as bonded, partition and lead free hunting bullets. Go here to try it out: [B][URL='http://shootersnotes.com/ideal-bullet-weight/']Ideal Bullet Weight[/URL][/B] [/QUOTE]
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