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<blockquote data-quote="ricka0" data-source="post: 80580" data-attributes="member: 3086"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> <font color="purple"> <strong>if you want to move a deer weighing 100 pounds you would need to shoot a bullet weighing 100 times more - 5,500 gr bullet traveling at a speed of about 3500 fps.</strong> </font> </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] </p><p></p><p>Shooting a deer with a 5.5 Kgr bullet at 3.5K FPS wouldn't move the deer much, it would punch a hole through him. Remember, when you shoot a gun, you get more momentum applied to your shoulder than the target gets. If the deer had armour plating, then yes it would go rolling.</p><p></p><p>Hold a box up and drop a brick into it and you will feel the momentum. Now shoot that box with a .22 rim-fire and the same box won't move.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ricka0, post: 80580, member: 3086"] [ QUOTE ] <font color="purple"> [b]if you want to move a deer weighing 100 pounds you would need to shoot a bullet weighing 100 times more - 5,500 gr bullet traveling at a speed of about 3500 fps.[/b] </font> [/ QUOTE ] Shooting a deer with a 5.5 Kgr bullet at 3.5K FPS wouldn't move the deer much, it would punch a hole through him. Remember, when you shoot a gun, you get more momentum applied to your shoulder than the target gets. If the deer had armour plating, then yes it would go rolling. Hold a box up and drop a brick into it and you will feel the momentum. Now shoot that box with a .22 rim-fire and the same box won't move. [/QUOTE]
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