Bullet Penetration: Kinetic Energy vs Momentum

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Mgt3 said:
I suppose you don't eat meat?

Of course I do. Best vegetable in the world.

The sport is unfair and as above.

I always enjoy watching or hearing of some hunter being killed, maimed, torn apart etc.
 
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Lok said:
The sport is unfair and as above.

I always enjoy watching or hearing of some hunter being killed, maimed, torn apart etc.

You are ignorant.
 
In my view it Force per unit Area that determines penetration. Thiner the bullet, more would be the penetration for same mass and speed.