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Greetings Micky and All,
It is not the O2 in the lungs that keeps the deer going but the O2 in the blood. A fast bleeding shot to the lungs runs the blood pressure down quickly. A slow bleeding shot...

Greetings 300-BLK,
No this was a New Zealand Ron that lived in Napier up until his death. Ron Spomer is a different Ron that wrote for Handloader and Rifle a few years back. I rather enjoyed his...

Greetings Woody,
That was my thinking exactly but lacking the hands on experience I let Ron speak for himself. Thankyou for your input. It is horses for courses and the Foot pounds force or Joules...

Greetings All,
Here is a little story related to me by Ron. Ron was a hunter and had been most of his life starting not long after WW2. He had used a number of rifles and shot an enormous number of...

Greetings Moa Hunter,
I got pulled up on this once before so can't help much other than I believe that the energy transfer is through momentum. At the end of the day we need a projectile that will...

Greetings All,
Trying to compare the knockdown power of projectiles using maths can be an exercise in futility. It is relatively easy to calculate how many foot pounds force or Joules of energy a...

Greetings Again Micky and All,
The following chapter "Why Bullets Kill" and the one after that "Efficient Game Killing" in Bruce and Matt's book is excellent giving the ins and outs of shot...

Greetings Micky and all,
From Matt's text it was 1947. The article was reprinted in "The Sharp Shooter" in 1972. Everyone should read it.
Regards Grandpamac.