I'm sorry, but at 931Y, my eyesight and hearing (especially with hearing protection) are not as good as yours. Thank God for my spotter, though.
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Deputy819
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Deputy819
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Ha! It's pretty straightforward….no "takers" yet.By the way, I like your energy transfer challenge.
I got a chance to read the second part and it was an interesting article. Thanks again for posting Feenix. As I read the thread, I see we hit on heavy for caliber, velocity, spin rate, horsepower, torque and dead is dead, and physics.
I hit a deer with a very low horsepower Toyota with a four cylinder traveling at 60 MPH, and it was dead. Two years later I hit a deer with my extended cab Chevy K2500 doing 15 MPH and it was DRT with a broken neck. The Chevy had triple the horsepower of the Toyota and a lot more torque. That would make me think that larger caliber or heavy for caliber is best. Or it put me in the dead is dead group.
I am just a stupid mechanic, but I enjoyed reading the article in the original post.
Happy hunting to all of you, and have a great day.
EDIT; I forgot KE
I hit a deer with a very low horsepower Toyota with a four cylinder traveling at 60 MPH, and it was dead. Two years later I hit a deer with my extended cab Chevy K2500 doing 15 MPH and it was DRT with a broken neck. The Chevy had triple the horsepower of the Toyota and a lot more torque. That would make me think that larger caliber or heavy for caliber is best. Or it put me in the dead is dead group.
I am just a stupid mechanic, but I enjoyed reading the article in the original post.
Happy hunting to all of you, and have a great day.
EDIT; I forgot KE
59FLH
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Thanks Deputy, its the change in BC due to the lower MV that I dont know how to calculate. I assumed that lower value would change energy at impact.
I should qualify that I tend to shoot smaller cartridges with a suppressor so spotting my shots through the scope and not having to wear hearing protection makes both things much easier. That being said, I haven't had the opportunity to take a 931Y shot on game either, so I cannot definitively say that I would be able to do either on a shot that long.
With suppressed, I can see and hear the bullet impact at <200Y or so.
I used Berger's ballistic calculator. That's interesting about the significant difference.
memtb
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I will pay to see that!Ha! It's pretty straightforward….no "takers" yet.
Buckys
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I have his e-books and like his work. The only concern I have is that the uninitiated might conclude frangible bullets are best.
The only issue with that is what happens when you use one at short range and high muzzle velocity.
I prefer to have a good short range option at the top of my magazine, followed by my long range options as #2-N.
I figure if I need a sturdy bullet for a short-range follow-up shot, I should just pack up, go home and practice my shooting technique
I am willing to tradeoff the very short lived long range opportunity - if it takes too long to cycle round #1 in and out and be ready with a long range round, I should just pack up, go home and practice my shooting technique
KsKevin
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Torque is rotational force thru a distance (work). Horsepower is the RATE at which work is done.
Try racing two vehicles of equal weight and engines both with 400ft-lbs of torque…..BUT one with 600Hp (high perf car) vs one with 150HP (tractor). I know which one will win
Like memtb says about the 60,s. They were saying very much the same thing. But the bullets were Nosler partitions and Remington Corelock. Target bullets were taboo for anything bigger than a coyote.
