Originally Posted by Coyote_Hunter
Originally Posted by VarmintGuy
Lw308: Indeed place EVERY bullet, shot at game, correctly!
Speed (again placed correctly!) kills.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy


EVERY bullet shot at game has a specific mass at the time of impact. And a specific velocity, specific momentum and specific energy. It isn't the speed that kills, it is the momentum or energy (take your pick - they are inextricably related) transferred to the target that kills by disrupting vital function. If speed alone killed, we would all be dead already.

One reason we are not dead is the 100 trillion neutrinos passing through our bodies at near light speed each second have such low momentum/energy levels (approximately .00012 ft-lbs each).

The other reason is that so few ever interact with your molecular structure, meaning they fail to transfer any momentum or energy to your body. If all of the 100 trillion neutrinos interacted with your body, you would be destroyed by about 12,000,000,000 ft-lbs of energy every second.




the small frequency of collisions is seen as genetic mutation. mutation rates are higher in high radiation areas. deserts etc.

as said momentum is the first derivative of energy, it is not energy itself, it has the same relationship as torque does to horsepower, torque gets you started and hp does the acceleration (a second order)


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