Oh, yeah, I know- I was just responding to your statements regarding the seeming dismissal of KE transfer.
Didn't mean to infer that you were singling out anyone in particular.
I also agree with you when you said-
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Originally Posted by webleymkv:
"Another example is the almost pathological fear of bullets which fragment. Because Dr. Fackler generally admonishes against fragmenting handgun bullets, many seem to feel that anything less than 90% weight retention is completely unacceptable. What is lost is that the reason Dr. Fackler admonishes against fragmenting handgun bullets is because they typically display lackluster penetration."
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Your opinion agrees with what I've read elsewhere, namely on page 69 of "Quantitative Ammunition Selection"-
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"When an expanding projectile design is driven at a velocity that exceeds its capacity to sustain the deformation produced by the corresponding increase in hydraulic forces, radical expansion may cause the projectile to lose significant mass through excessive fragmentation. A loss of just ten percent of a projectile’s initial mass in conjunction with an inordinate increase in its frontal area (radical expansion), can result in a significant reduction of the projectile’s terminal penetration and permanent wound cavity mass."
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