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re: Spinoff Thread -- Handgun Stopping Power
Posted on 3/22/16 at 10:01 am to dawg23
Posted on 3/22/16 at 10:01 am to dawg23
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Generally the faster a bullet travels, the more it expands. And the more it expands, the more energy it takes to push that larger surface area into the object. I often use the analogy of pushing a map pin into sheetrock vs. pushing a railroad spike into sheetrock. The spike, having a larger diameter, requires more force/energy to shove it into the drywall.
Good information that my EIT brain can wrap around.
But that definitely makes sense. I think I've seen a few tests comparing Speer's short barrel versions to their standard versions with little difference in performance. But since the Gold Dot is still one of the best out there, I doubt it matters much.
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