PaulS wrote: |
Bullet upset, whether it is expansion or tipping, causes damage (cutting and tearing) to tissue than any amount of "hydrostatic shock". |
Now THAT I agree with.
I cannot see the need of extra foot pound of energy provided by hyper velocity calibers.
IMO, the need for faster MV are due to such as
1. inability to sneak closer to target
2. inability to guess distance to compensate trajectory
3. need to deliver higher force to "larger" targets (such as bear, elephant, T-Rex etc) for lighter projectiles to penetrate deeper into vital areas.
4. need to ensure"safety" of the hunter from targets that can bite back or attack the hunter by distancing the hunter from the target.
Animals do not get stronger (or pets get weaker) over the last hundred or so year.
The energy required to kill a deer would be the same today as what it was 500 years ago.
The main difference is the ability of the hunter to cause correct sized wound in correct area.
With the increase of hunting activity coupled with the reduction in habitat,
animal changes their habit and increase their awareness to predators (hunters).
Now, most "hunters" nowadays are like you and ME,
we are mostly paper/box/number pusher 99% of our lives, and for the rest 1% we "hunt"
Add the two factors together, you would have animals that are very shy and run at the slightest disturbance
and hunters that are too clumsy to approach close enough to guarantee humane kill.
And do not forget that us human ARE getting physically weaker through the generations due to lack of exercise, overweight etc.
So the solution?
use higher power caliber with flatter trajectory and massive energy delivery so the "hunter" can kill at longer distance.
I read a lot of stories telling so and so's granpa or old acquaintance
or the guy next door's third cousins father in-laws lawyer's uncle was a hunter/trapper,
that have only used a rusty single shot 22 magnum rifle and with that he provides
skin, meat and university/college admittance fees for his 6 children and a mother in-law.
Our ancestors really left large shoes to fill..