Shoot 20 specimens of the Cervidae family with 250 to 320 grain cast bullets of various styles - SWC, WFN, LFN - from a .45 Colt, MV in the 1100-1200 fps range. Shoot another 20 with 245 to 300 grain cast bullets of similar styles from a .44 Magnum, all from ranges of 20 to 100 yards. Add another 150 fps across the board for the .44 Magnum loads, just for experimental heck of it. Film all of the animals' reactions from before the hit until time of death. Assume good hits in the heart lung region for all bullets.
Now show that film to someone and dare them to tell with even 75% certainty which animal was hit by a bullet from which caliber. Heck, show them the wound channels and make that same dare.
Perhaps if we carried this discussion into other realms the opposing arguments might become more clear.
So, using good micrometers, let's take a wood beam 8.1262" across vs. one of equal length measuring 8.1978" across. That's a whopping .0716" difference, far more than the measly .022" difference between .452" and .430". Discuss the tremendous differences in load bearing capacity between the smaller and larger beam... (This idea was plagiarized directly from Dr. Howell.)
And if that satirical attempt at illumination still isn't clear, take a surface polished to 1000 grit and examine it under an electron microscope; it will look like the topography of the Himalayas. Now examine it by running your fingers across it; it will feel very smooth. Which is the correct examination?
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery. Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
