Originally Posted by jwall
W/O exception ?

Hardly.


Jerry

Jerry,

With all due respect, I think you're missing my point. In the real world do heavier bullets always penetrate further than lighter ones? Well, no. There are many variables that affect penetration, and sometimes variables other than bullet mass dominate in the penetration outcome (expanded frontal surface area, for example). But by fixing all other variables and ignoring "exceptions", the general relationship between bullet mass and penetration has a positive correlation. I'm honestly surprised that I have to justify this statement to you guys. Rifleman have known for decades that in a given caliber a heavier bullet generally penetrates deeper than a lighter bullet (here it is again, "all else being equal").