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Whats the longest shot you would take on a brown bear
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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 84040" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Momentum, not energy. </p><p></p><p>Momentum is mass times velocity not velocity squared. Energy is mass times velocity squared and predicts that you can kill a large Boone and Crocket Tyrannasaurus Rex with a 17 Rem if you just get enough velocity on that 25 gr bullet and it just ain't so. Big Mo is what makes a bullet go through bones, not energy.</p><p></p><p>Thus Momentum gives more emphasis on bullet weight and less on velocity than energy measures do.</p><p></p><p>If you shoot a varmint bullet it will disintergrate and you no longer got mass so you no longer got momentum - result is no penetration.</p><p></p><p>Full metal jacket bullets do not loose any momentum by expanding and will break bones and just keep on giving. Hard cast lead bullets are designed to do the same, as are "solids".</p><p></p><p>The classic Nosler partition is the politician of the group-the front half of a Nosler expands and loses some momentum and then the back half acts like a full metal jacket and keeps on going.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Roll Tide</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 84040, member: 8"] Momentum, not energy. Momentum is mass times velocity not velocity squared. Energy is mass times velocity squared and predicts that you can kill a large Boone and Crocket Tyrannasaurus Rex with a 17 Rem if you just get enough velocity on that 25 gr bullet and it just ain't so. Big Mo is what makes a bullet go through bones, not energy. Thus Momentum gives more emphasis on bullet weight and less on velocity than energy measures do. If you shoot a varmint bullet it will disintergrate and you no longer got mass so you no longer got momentum - result is no penetration. Full metal jacket bullets do not loose any momentum by expanding and will break bones and just keep on giving. Hard cast lead bullets are designed to do the same, as are "solids". The classic Nosler partition is the politician of the group-the front half of a Nosler expands and loses some momentum and then the back half acts like a full metal jacket and keeps on going. Roll Tide [/QUOTE]
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