This video is an addition to the film I made about the Pedersoli 1874 Sharps rifle chambered for the 45-120 cartridge. In this chapter we’ll go through the basics of wound ballistics while we check the trajectory of the bullet propelled with a full load of 120 grains of black powder, and we check its terminal (wound) ballistics effect in ballistic gelatin.
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Wound ballistics: https://youtu.be/5AhcuLWIe3A?si=iZHkecG9iSLSMa0l
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:04 The basics of wound ballistics
3:00 The permanent cavity
4:24 The temporary cavity, the cavitation
5:40 Effect of the sonic pressure wave
7:10 What we need for an ethical shot?
9:07 External ballistics and the BC of the bullet
10:26 Calculating the BC of a bullet
11:51 The external ballistics of the 45-120 round
16:07 Terminal (wound ballistics) of the 45-120 round
19:00 Comparison of the 45-120 cartridge to the effect of the 8×57 JRS modern hunting round
Well this is my channel and these are my impressions about shooting old and repro blackpowder and cartridge guns. You will find target shooting, hunting, reloading and military history related videos here starring pre 1945 firearms. Since I was a little child I knew I want to be a history teacher. In fact I graduated as one. Later I studied military sciences on university level, and now I am doing my phd in firearms history while I teach military history at the university. That’s my life, my hobby. I hope you’ll enjoy my videos as much I enjoyed making them. Greetings form Hungary, the land of good wines and beautiful women. Oh yes, and please forgive my Hunglish. 😉
