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Old 05-27-2010, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by bingo1010 View Post
just to add a little more to the stay in or blow through theory, the latest issue of successful hunter has an article on "bullet penetration" , those that think energy kills should pick it up and give a read. it compares a 06 to a 300 ultra on a gelatin block, the ultra entered the block going over 400 fps fatster than the 06 but exited going only 10 fps faster. the exiting bullets had approx 25 ft/lbs energy.... which is equal to 1/4 of the energy of a 22 lr bullet at 100 yards. so even though the bullets both exited, pretty much all of the energy, save for 25 ft/bs, was absorbed by the the gelatin. in neither case was the 12" square gelatin block " exploded" all over the place, despite the fact that it had absorbed over 3500 lbs over energy.
What was the gell like between the two? Was there more damadge from the ultra? I am sorry I dont see your point.