Which bullet will have more of a killing effect? A 180 that exits with a portion of the energy being wasted or a 165 that does not exit and animal absorbing 100% of the bullet energy? My point is maybe a somewhat lighter bullet could be a more efficient killing projectile? Yes or no???
"Ft-Lbs energy" is not a wounding mechanism. Bullets kill by crushing, tearing, and pulping tissue. How fast a bullet kills is dependant on three things ha-
1) Placement (what it hits)
2) Penetration (sufficient to reach vitals)
3) Width of wound channel (how much tissue is destroyed)
Provided indentical placement and both reaching vitals, the bullet that has the widest wound channel will kill faster.
