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6mm Creedmoor first elk hunt

fseaman said:
See #386
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How much energy caused this damage?
 
clark33 said:
this explains a lot, can't teach an old dog new tricks ;)
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Seriously though. The NEW thing of rating a projectile on minimum FPS to expect acceptable terminal ballistics does not invalidate the old KE rules. In my looking it actually raises the minimum KE.

I'll make some examples after having fun with you kids.
 
Energy is not a wounding mechanism, period, and this has been proven in every wound ballistics lab in actual tissue since the 90's. Ft/lbs of energy tells us nothing about how a bullet damages tissue, it has nothing to do with the shape of the wound, it won't tell you how deep a bullet will penetrate, etc.
Two .338 300 grain bullets, both impacts at 3700 ft/lbs of energy. One travels 4" and makes a 13" wound channel 3" in diameter. The second one penetrates 36" and makes a pencil sized wound channel. Bullet construction kills animals, not ft/lbs of energy.
The .224 Sierra TMK from my 22 Creedmoor creates a 2-liter bottle-sized would channel 12" long in elk at 500 yards at 413 ft/lbs of energy. Bullet construction kills animals, not ft/lbs of energy.
 
Fenix Outdoors said:
Two .338 300 grain bullets, both impacts at 3700 ft/lbs of energy. One travels 4" and makes a 13" wound channel 3" in diameter. The second one penetrates 36" and makes a pencil sized wound channel. Bullet construction kills animals, not ft/lbs of energy.
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In case 1, all the energy was transferred to the target.
In case 2, none of the energy was transferred to the target and insufficient interruption of blood flow.

So yes, terminal ballistics is very very important.
 
fseaman said:
Seriously though. The NEW thing of rating a projectile on minimum FPS to expect acceptable terminal ballistics does not invalidate the old KE rules. In my looking it actually raises the minimum KE.

I'll make some examples after having fun with you kids.
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Story time with grandpa, excellent
 
fseaman said:
In case 1, all the energy was transferred to the target.
In case 2, none of the energy was transferred to the target and insufficient interruption of blood flow.

So yes, terminal ballistics is very very important.
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But they both met the target with the same energy? But that energy did absolutely nothing. The construction of the bullet did everything. You just proved our point. The energy didn't matter.
 

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