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Originally Posted by Kanewpadle
So if we don't call it stopping power, what do we call it?
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Kinetic Energy because force is a vector while work and energy are scalar. Think of KE as the amount of work an object (bullet) does while coming to rest i.e. hitting a target.
So the best pistol cartridge would be the one with the highest KE greatest expansion and doesn't over penetrate.
Now everyone do their homework and tell me which one it is