Here is a table of a few rifle and muzzleloading projectiles. They are sort in ascending kinetic pulse magnitude. Kinetic Pulse is supposed to bemeasure which is predictive of the volume of the wound channela projectile will make in a media. The inventor of the concept literally shot "wounds" into the moist pliable clay of a seasonly wet dry lake bed near Salt Lake City. Then measured their volume by filling them with water. He found this wound channel volume to be proportional to the product of the kinetic energy and momentum of the projectile. He equates kinetic pulse (k.p.) with killing power.
Muzzle Values
RIFLE BULLET WT. MV ME TKO KIN. PULSE
22 WMR 40 2000 355 3 126
.243 70 3483 1885 8 2040
.50 PRB 175 19001402 24 2070
.54 PRB225 1800 1618 29 2910
25-06 1202900227112 3534
30-06 150 29902977 19 5928
7RemMag 150 2998 2993 18 5976
.50 GP Con 4601450 2147 48 6358
50/140 Sharps 435 1950 4247 72 19385
458 Win Mag400 2310 473860 19441
I really do think that kinetic pulse does a better job relating the killing power of the high power rifles and muzzleloadingload alike. These are of course Muzzle values and, in terms of kp at 100 yards, neither of the PRBs is better than the 243 (in k.p.).
Tell me what you think? Does kp do a better job than kinetic energy or Taylor index?
Happy Hunting, Phil