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Extreme Long Range Hunting & Shooting (ELR)
Minimum Velocity needed for hunting games at extreme distances
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<blockquote data-quote="dfanonymous" data-source="post: 1329922" data-attributes="member: 97050"><p>I quickly skinned a few post and I didn't see this point so I'm just going drop this this here...</p><p>Although they go hand and hand maybe try looking at the energy being transferred at that distance. For a soft target, the debatable absolute bare minimum to produce hydrostatic shock in a deer or human is 600 ft/lbs of energy. Now like I said, the number is a topic for debate that I don't care to get into the science of, but most people opt to set a higher number for a minimal. A elk is more dense so more ke will be required to produce A. Good penetration and B. Good hydrostatic shock. Bullet design and type obviously has a say in how well all that works as well, higher bc will retain energy, and expanding bullet vs a match hollow point will have a harder time penetrating but will dump its energy harder, while a match bullet usually has jacket separation, so less retained weight and less energy transfer because it kind of flips around and does whatever it's going to do as it creates cavitation .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dfanonymous, post: 1329922, member: 97050"] I quickly skinned a few post and I didn't see this point so I'm just going drop this this here... Although they go hand and hand maybe try looking at the energy being transferred at that distance. For a soft target, the debatable absolute bare minimum to produce hydrostatic shock in a deer or human is 600 ft/lbs of energy. Now like I said, the number is a topic for debate that I don't care to get into the science of, but most people opt to set a higher number for a minimal. A elk is more dense so more ke will be required to produce A. Good penetration and B. Good hydrostatic shock. Bullet design and type obviously has a say in how well all that works as well, higher bc will retain energy, and expanding bullet vs a match hollow point will have a harder time penetrating but will dump its energy harder, while a match bullet usually has jacket separation, so less retained weight and less energy transfer because it kind of flips around and does whatever it's going to do as it creates cavitation . [/QUOTE]
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