Re: Terminal bullet performance
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: T-Money</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I prefer the bullet to pass through because it leaves a better blood trail.
In my experience with whitetail deer this has been the case. With no exit there was no blood trail. With an exit there was ample blood trail. I'm basing my statements on my own hunting experiences, and those have all been broadside shots at about 100 yards and POA/POI was the very top of the crease in the leg, behind the shoulder, where heart and lungs intersect. I have observed that whether the bullet exits or not the deer do not make it more than 40 or 50 yards before expiring. In thick woods and brush a blood trail is important.
I think there is too much hype on energy and it's killing potential. Don't get me wrong, I know it is important to a certain extent, but shot placement and bullet construction are far more important. We have to remember that tissue destruction and damage is what kills, not energy. If energy was that important, archery hunting would be ineffective. Arrows and bolts (with broadheads) kill through massive tissue destruction not through massive energy transfer. </div></div>
I agree completely, energy dump is a nice theory but nothing more.