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300blackout · August 21, 2011, 05:14 PM

Hi-

Thought I'd share this. I found it very interesting, particularly these two parts:

Thanks to the human races' continued proclivity towards killing off parts of itself, we know that foot-pounds of energy is a myopic way of describing projectile effectiveness. How much kinetic energy does it take to stick a knife or spear between the ribs of a game animal?

The relatively modern broadhead arrow, with less KE than a .22 Short (50 fpe) has been used to kill all species of game. As Dr. Fackler wrote in 1987, "It is difficult to be optimistic for the future when these weapons developers still use the scientifically discredited "kinetic energy deposit" method to estimate wounding effects."

http://www.chuckhawks.com/energy_transfer.htm

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August 21, 2011, 05:14 PM	#1
300blackout Junior Member Join Date: August 21, 2011 Posts: 5	Interesting 'knockdown' power article... Hi- Thought I'd share this. I found it very interesting, particularly these two parts: Thanks to the human races' continued proclivity towards killing off parts of itself, we know that foot-pounds of energy is a myopic way of describing projectile effectiveness. How much kinetic energy does it take to stick a knife or spear between the ribs of a game animal? The relatively modern broadhead arrow, with less KE than a .22 Short (50 fpe) has been used to kill all species of game. As Dr. Fackler wrote in 1987, "It is difficult to be optimistic for the future when these weapons developers still use the scientifically discredited "kinetic energy deposit" method to estimate wounding effects." http://www.chuckhawks.com/energy_transfer.htm Comments? __________________ 300BlackoutMan