RBHarter
West Central AR
Having recently had my bells rung with a cast iron frying pan I can attest that all it did was serve to further enhance my already excited state of being . I don't expect short of bleeding ears less than a 4 maybe 6 D mag lite would have a much different result .
Bigger holes mean bigger leaks , broken ribs will take the fight out of a guy too .
Of course none of it means anything without tissue disruption .
I toyed with the Taylor KO (TKO) formula for long enough to find that with enough math the best laid out loads are completely counter intuitive .
I gave up and reverted to energy available for transfer plied with the bigger the flat the bigger the splash .
An Olympic diver strives to make as little splash as possible and at 6'3" , 200# and a 34" chest and hip it's easier than you'd think . The construction guy 5'10" #200 that wears an 18-1/2 - 36 long shirt doesn't dive he cannon balls .
Then there's the over weight office guy at 5-6 and 200# that wants to dive but belly flops .......... 30 , 35 , 45 cal visualized at the pool . Kind of a 30-30 , 357 , 45 Colts sort of a picture .
Confidence and skill play a roll too .
There are too many variables involved to conclude a clear definitive answer that will hold up 75% of the time . I have seen game hit exactly right with perfect channels go 2-300 yd and the next hit almost identically just collapse in a heap . I saw a deer hit once with a softball exit hole and a dime entry from an 06' just stand there for what seemed like about 10 minutes at the time but in fact wasn't much over 90 seconds . A 2nd shot would have been pointless the little bit of vitals left in the cavity were something between jello and goo . Ultimately it was a matter of disconnecting the CNS that made it clean . The deer wasn't excited or alarmed at the shot just grazing on its way to water . I've shot 3 more similar ranges same rifle an load , same shot just behind or quartering through the shoulders , and all were down in 1 bound or less .
i don't know what any of it means .
Bigger holes mean bigger leaks , broken ribs will take the fight out of a guy too .
Of course none of it means anything without tissue disruption .
I toyed with the Taylor KO (TKO) formula for long enough to find that with enough math the best laid out loads are completely counter intuitive .
I gave up and reverted to energy available for transfer plied with the bigger the flat the bigger the splash .
An Olympic diver strives to make as little splash as possible and at 6'3" , 200# and a 34" chest and hip it's easier than you'd think . The construction guy 5'10" #200 that wears an 18-1/2 - 36 long shirt doesn't dive he cannon balls .
Then there's the over weight office guy at 5-6 and 200# that wants to dive but belly flops .......... 30 , 35 , 45 cal visualized at the pool . Kind of a 30-30 , 357 , 45 Colts sort of a picture .
Confidence and skill play a roll too .
There are too many variables involved to conclude a clear definitive answer that will hold up 75% of the time . I have seen game hit exactly right with perfect channels go 2-300 yd and the next hit almost identically just collapse in a heap . I saw a deer hit once with a softball exit hole and a dime entry from an 06' just stand there for what seemed like about 10 minutes at the time but in fact wasn't much over 90 seconds . A 2nd shot would have been pointless the little bit of vitals left in the cavity were something between jello and goo . Ultimately it was a matter of disconnecting the CNS that made it clean . The deer wasn't excited or alarmed at the shot just grazing on its way to water . I've shot 3 more similar ranges same rifle an load , same shot just behind or quartering through the shoulders , and all were down in 1 bound or less .
i don't know what any of it means .
