Originally Posted by Starman
Originally Posted by smokepole

I often see people writing about "transfer"of kinetic energy but no one seems to want to quantify it.
Which seems odd for such an easy-to-quantify commodity.
How much energy must be "transferred" for the bullet to be effective?


I wont quantify precisely how much , but I know for fact that less energy transfer can prove more effective.
ie; a solid that does the work required of it and exits ,vs, a soft with same energy on impact that then fails
to do the work required but spends all its energy coming to a stop in the animal.






Could you please post up a few pages of ballistics tables? You and coyote hunter could keep this thread alive for at least the rest of hunting season. I don't feel that all the nuances of quantum physics have been thoroughly explored yet.

Thanks!



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