Effective Game Killing

[FEENIX]

I'm just saying.
Remember the Barbour creek kill thread? People joined a long range hunting forum, and then became flabbergasted at the sight of someone actually doing it.

Dumb.

My choice is to troll them. Now that it's publicly known, the balls in their court buddy.

I was hoping that was not the case, but now, I see your point - go for it.

It is not worth my oxygen to argue or convince anyone because, as noted ...

These articles are for open-minded folks willing and able to learn and add to their knowledge base.

 

[Koda_]

Great article, Ive had this one bookmarked for a few years now but his entire website has lots of good reading on calibers and their histories.
As for energy, I still primarily go by [impact] velocity knowing the energy will be there with any common respectable caliber for the game size. Its my understanding that the water in muscle hydraulically opens or mushrooms the bullet and its the speed thats needed to raise the hydraulics enough, perhaps an engineer can correct or compliment that theory. IOW, the energy is needed to penetrate, but its a result of the velocity or rather more simply... most common calibers have way more than enough to worry about energy.

Effective Game Killing

Effective game killing- How bullets kill and where to aim to ensure a fast clean kill.

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[dfanonymous]

Velocity is what does the damage.

I'm with you!

Just the same as TORQUE is what engines produce to create motion

…and now I'm not. Wut?
How is it the same as torque?

, not HORSEPOWER as many believe. Just a fictional meaningless number….

Cheers.

Horsepower is how fast a vehicle can deliver torque ( and some gear efficiency stuff) in max output. It's most definitely not a meaningless number in the auto community. Especially if you're doing dyno testing.

 

[MagnumManiac]

Horsepower is how fast a vehicle can deliver torque ( and some gear efficiency stuff) in max output. It's most definitely not a meaningless number in the auto community. Especially if you're doing dyno testing.

Oh really. A dyno measures TORQUE.
Horsepower is a mathematical equation using torque and rpm to provide a fictional number. There is no such thing as horsepower.

Cheers.
P.S.
I am a qualified engine builder.

 

[dfanonymous]

Oh really. A dyno measures TORQUE.
Horsepower is a mathematical equation using torque and rpm to provide a fictional number. There is no such thing as horsepower.

Cheers.
P.S.
I am a qualified engine builder.

On which dyno? A chassis dyno rollers can measure both…
Regardless, you're still displaying work, off RPM and torque input to the dyno…doesn't matter if it's through known load or HP/torque crossover at like 5000 rpm.

So if you know how the horse power number is generated, then you know it's a thing…how is it a made up number? That's a circular response..

But what I really want to know it's how torque is like MV related to tissue damage….?

Velocity, energy, and momentum are all terminal numbers that are not made up.

 

[MagnumManiac]

@dfanonymous
Why was HORSEPOWER ever invented as a measure of engine power?

Cheers.

 

[dfanonymous]

@dfanonymous
Why was HORSEPOWER ever invented as a measure of engine power?

Cheers.

Steam engines to horses.

The issue is if it was a made up useless imaginary figure, why is it still used today by engineers in modern cars?

Don't worry. I'll answer that. It's a ubiquitous metric.

Much like velocity, energy and momentum. Metrics. But still, they do not account for bullet construction/design and form factor into the killing equation. None of which is imaginary.

 

[HARPERC]

Do we have a hydraulic Engineer here on the forum? Like to hear your thoughts.

I'm not an engineer of any kind. I can say blood flow in the lungs varies, and pools a bit in some situations.

Maybe some day an optic will be able to tell us about where blood/fluid is relative to the shot placement.