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2/13/2013 10:55:10 AM EDT
This is not a 9x19mm vs .45acp thread, and I'm not here to tell people what they should be using for HD or EDC.

I'm trying to get a better understanding of how different bullets behave when they impact a target.

There seems to be more at work here than m*v, or even bullet type. Looking at different gel tests, I've noticed that some loads leave a linear channel through the media, and others have a more dramatic energy dump. Of those that have that energy dump, some loads do so almost immediately after impact, whereas others travel several inches.

Educate me.


2/13/2013 11:00:40 AM EDT
[#1]
Dr. Gary Roberts has numerous articles sticky'd in the terminal ballistics forum at M4carbine.net.

Good place to start if you have an hour to read.
2/13/2013 11:09:01 AM EDT
[#2]
22-250 ffffff
2/13/2013 11:42:26 AM EDT
[#3]
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_16/503947_AR15_Ammo_Forum_FAQ.html

Start at the first link, and work you way down.

2/13/2013 1:05:01 PM EDT
[#4]
Quoted:
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_16/503947_AR15_Ammo_Forum_FAQ.html

Start at the first link, and work you way down.



Most of that information is focused on ammo selection.

I'm more curious about the raw physics of what happens when a projectile strikes a target.
2/13/2013 1:19:07 PM EDT
[#5]
Wow...22-250 brings the whoopass. It's cavitationalicious.
2/13/2013 1:24:52 PM EDT
[#6]
Lots of good info here:

http://www.firearmstactical.com/wound.htm
2/13/2013 3:37:09 PM EDT
[#7]
Quoted:
Wow...22-250 brings the whoopass. It's cavitationalicious.


2/13/2013 5:52:55 PM EDT
[#8]
Should have known...  Arfcom doesn't want to talk about guns.