TheFriendlyMarksman
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Most boxes of ammo now include not just trajectory data, but kinetic energy as well. The idea is that energy is a measure of killing power, but it isn't. A baseball has more energy than a small caliber handgun, and a football player at a dead run has more than a 357 magnum! Most of us wouldn't want to be hit by either a football player or a baseball, but neither would be fatal. Consider also that a FMJ bullet has the same kinetic energy as a hollow point, but the hollow point does much more damage. There are plenty of formulas that try to quantify stopping power, but the only real way to measure it is empirically. Tissue damage to vital organs, not kinetic energy, is what kills.