Tallest
FNG
Last evening I shot a groundhog at 9 yards with a 243win shooting 75 Gr V-Max at 3440 fps at the muzzle. A conservative estimate is that it was around 3150 fps on impact. From what I can tell, that should still be north of 1500 ft/lbs.
But the weird thing was, I had about a 0.25" entry wound, and no exit, no rupture, no blood at all. This was an early spring female, so I would guess not much more than 7 or 8 lbs. max. When I picked her up, there was no structure left below the head, meaning she felt like a slack balloon full of water/semi-liquid matter. Also, on impact, she just flopped onto her side, no travel to speak of.
What I can't wrap my head around is how that small of an animal could absorb that much energy without moving more. A friend suggested I had a bad round that was running low velocity, but the shot was located perfectly where I aimed. And this is Hornady factory ammo, I don't think it was a bad round.
It seems stupid to ask if this is possible, because obviously it did. Still...?
But the weird thing was, I had about a 0.25" entry wound, and no exit, no rupture, no blood at all. This was an early spring female, so I would guess not much more than 7 or 8 lbs. max. When I picked her up, there was no structure left below the head, meaning she felt like a slack balloon full of water/semi-liquid matter. Also, on impact, she just flopped onto her side, no travel to speak of.
What I can't wrap my head around is how that small of an animal could absorb that much energy without moving more. A friend suggested I had a bad round that was running low velocity, but the shot was located perfectly where I aimed. And this is Hornady factory ammo, I don't think it was a bad round.
It seems stupid to ask if this is possible, because obviously it did. Still...?