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To: Pearls Before Swine
"However it is also true that the damage to the target is done by the buller's kinetic energy, and since the article used the term "energy" instead of "momentum", I thought I'd point out that the bullet winds up with most of the kinetic energy upon firing, even if the momentum from the recoil matches that of the bullet."

We may be in agreement. I understand that basically, momentum is what can knock the target over, while energy is what can tear up its insides.


105 posted on 03/30/2003 7:25:11 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed
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To: Beelzebubba
We may be in agreement.

We are.

107 posted on 03/30/2003 7:37:01 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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