Originally Posted by
TFOX
How does a deer die from being hit by a car? There is no penetration.Of course there is massive trauma but what caused it?
Think about this,small calibers don't kill as fast as large calibers,WHY? Both the small caliber and large penetrate through the lungs and neither stops inside the animal,which one will be a faster kill?
Or both stop inside the animal,which one will cause the quicker death.
Hit a deer in the shoulder and the bullet doesn't penetrate into the heart lung area,it will still die if it is a large enough caliber,this will not hapeen with a small caliber.KE does kill but like most of you,I prefer to have a hole through the heart, lungs.
I have chosen loads to have complete penetration through both sides when in the hands of a child because I want blood in case of a bad hit.
so then how does a bow and arrow kill with only 50lb KE ?
How come I can kill a cow with a .22LR with only 120 lb KE
How come when someone places a bad shot on an animal with a 300 mag and 2500 lbs KE the deer is never found. I mean come on, you just blasted him with 2500 ft lbs kinetic energy why didnt he die.
Why are there soldiers walking around with bullet wounds, how come that kinetic energy didnt kill them.