Quote Originally Posted by Randy Bohannon View Post
Almost childlike in it's wonder and imagination.

The issue is that energy doesn't kill, or sunlight would at ~ 1300 J/m^2, what kills is the tissue disruption that the energy possessed by the projectile enables.

Once that hole has been made in the vital tissue structure, any "extra" energy would not be needed in the first place.

Give me a pellet that "over penetrates" over one that that mushrooms inswide the animal on the same shot presentation every time, that little bit extra could save my skin on an inadvertently more quartering shot, for example.
A discussion at a BBQ about this at weekend went along the lines of : my 79gn at 3400 fps doesn't exit the other side... and the problems with what it does to the meat...

This is nothing like the conversation of 12 ft-lb 4.5-6.35mm. Stop watching NCIS or whatever is going on about would channel etc, it's an low powered air riflle. Hit it in the right place. Very simple, always the same. Respect the quarry.