CraigC
Sixgun Nut
Uh no, I'm not. I've been focused on handgun factors from the start. He's the one that's all over the place.Unless I'm mistaken, Grandpa is basing his conclusions on how he views handgun rounds to perform, while you are viewing your conclusions based on how you've witnessed rifle rounds to perform.
You keep telling yourself that....just like CraigC, and based on the same lack of understanding.
You're completely ignoring the bullet shape. Your analogy is only valid with regards to FMJ. Change the nose shape to an expanded or flat nose bullet and it changes dramatically. You want to call people ignorant and take a position of greater enlightenment but the complete opposite is true.All a hollow point does is increase the diameter of the bullet, but that in and of itself does not necessarily translate to a bigger hole, due to the fluid nature of human tissue. It's like a boat going through water. A bigger boat creates a bigger wake, but the wakes from both boats simply close behind it. The shape of the bullet is also somewhat negligible, as there's an area of high pressure that proceeds the nose of the bullet. Thus, the bullet does not "crush" an area equal to its diameter, unless as the result of hydrostatic shock. Any crush cavity larger than about a pencil is necessarily the result of hydrostatic shock.
I don't think you even know what hydrostatic shock is.
If you think that bullet is creating a pencil hole in flesh because of that picture, that explains a lot. And you're wrong.Take the photo below as an example.
If my opinion was solely based on that picture, I might believe it too. Unfortunately for you and your ill conceived theory, I know it to be otherwise.Now looking at the size of the crush cavity below, do you really think that there would be any appreciable difference between common calibers or between FMJ and HP?
BS and people a lot smarter than you figured this out.This is how CraigC's deer heart got the way it did, despite the fact that the bullet was only going 13-15 hundred fps. Yes, it lacked velocity, but it is an extremely powerful cartridge nevertheless.
Completely different factors involved and you're wrong again.The same relationship can be seen in armor piercing capability. In general, only high velocity bullets are capable of piercing body armor. But, very heavy bullets traveling at comparatively lower velocities can pierce body armor through sheer kinetic energy.