Re: Weapons and bullets

At 1:41 PM -0400 6/25/02, John Sowerby wrote:
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>This is an interesting point. As part of my BSc, I took a course in 
>Planetary Geology, which included something on impact cratering 
>experiments performed using hyper velocity guns. Turns out the US 
>military wanted to test these as possible infantry weapons, but 
>after trying them, rejected the idea as they were too efficient at 
>killing. (Shock waves from impact pretty much mushed the insides of 
>the dead pigs they tried them on).

That is an issue with hunting as well. If you are shooting a deer, 
you don't want the meat turned to hamburger. You want a good solid 
clean kill that drops the animal quick (minimal suffering, minimal 
running off and having to track it by the blood trail). If you are 
shooting a coyote, then you don't much care for how the meat is as 
long as you kill it fast. The wisest hunters have rounds they have 
tailored for the game they are hunting and tuned to their rifles and 
habits. A guy that shoots Elk

There is so much room for fiddling with the variables in ballistics 
that it is actually a very complex art/science that many people 
practice with aplomb and minimal education. (learned by doing mostly, 
those that didn't do something dumb and double charge a round and 
blow their face off that is...)

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