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6.5 CM, 6.5 PRC Enough/Effective for Elk?
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<blockquote data-quote="whirlwindjml" data-source="post: 3044441" data-attributes="member: 19793"><p>Actually this isn't really about defending the 6.5 .</p><p>It's about what you're stating about energy. You think because your bullet hits that all that energy is dumped into the animal but is not how it works. It has to dissipate into the animal and not all of that energy does that, that's all the point I'm making is the number that's on your ballistic paper is not the same amount that gets transferred into the animal. Sure a lot of it gets transferred into the animal but a lot of it leaves with the bullet. That's why so many people are just fine with smaller bullets that are dumping the energy in the animal enough to cause a reasonably quick death..</p><p></p><p>If your theory is that you should go off of a higher energy number then by all means go for it.</p><p></p><p>Richard Lee's modern reloading had a good section on terminal ballistics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="whirlwindjml, post: 3044441, member: 19793"] Actually this isn't really about defending the 6.5 . It's about what you're stating about energy. You think because your bullet hits that all that energy is dumped into the animal but is not how it works. It has to dissipate into the animal and not all of that energy does that, that's all the point I'm making is the number that's on your ballistic paper is not the same amount that gets transferred into the animal. Sure a lot of it gets transferred into the animal but a lot of it leaves with the bullet. That's why so many people are just fine with smaller bullets that are dumping the energy in the animal enough to cause a reasonably quick death.. If your theory is that you should go off of a higher energy number then by all means go for it. Richard Lee's modern reloading had a good section on terminal ballistics. [/QUOTE]
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