The ballistics chart that changed my mind

[Alan]

I always assumed heavier bullets meant better penetration across the board. Then I actually looked at the data and saw how velocity, construction and sectional density all interact. A lighter bullet at higher velocity can outperform a heavy slow one depending on the scenario. The physics is complicated and simplified rules don't tell the whole story...

 

[Carl]

Data has a way of humbling assumptions, ballistics isn’t simple, it’s a physics balancing act

 

[Logic]

Weight alone doesn’t say much without factoring in velocity and bullet design. Stealth combined with those things is what really makes hunting ammo effective now.

 

[axeslinger]

Ballistics can be confusing, true. However those charts really can't help you until (1) you know what you what to shoot; and (2) know exactly where you what to hit the object. In another forum the 9mm battle has been raging. I've never seen anyone in Alaska packing a 9mm.