Hunting Bullet Metrics
Apply Terminal Performance Truth
2023 Zebra Management Hunt
Table 3-1: Compiled 30-Caliber Bullet Test and Field Performance Data
| Metric / ID | Bullet | Wt | WL | SD | GIV | V(ST) | FIV | BT | TBSTV | AA | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z-7 | WWC1 | 200 | 20 | 147 | 2632 | 23.5 | 2615 | N | 211 | N | 94 |
| Z-8 | WWC1 | 200 | 60 | 154 | 2632 | 23.5 | 2605 | Y | 322 | Y | 92 |
| Z-9 | WWC1 | 200 | NK2 | 119 | 2632 | 23.5 | 2660 | Y | 450 | N | 52 |
| Z-3 | TSMK3 | 240 | NK2 | 276 | 2429 | 20.54 | 2245 | Y | 437 | Y | 51 |
| Z-5 | SPH5 | 220 | NK2 | 151 | 2331 | 19.34 | 2300 | Y | 440 | Y | 41 |
| Ave SD = 169.4 | |||||||||||
Table 3-1 Metric Definitions
- Wt
- Bullet Weight, grains
- WL
- Weight Loss, %
- SD
- Shot Distance, yards
- GIV
- Gel Impact Velocity, feet per second
- V(ST)
- Guppy metric, determined from gel testing, modeling the combined bloodshot tissue and bullet hole volumes, cubic inches
- FIV
- Field Impact Velocity, feet per second
- BT
- Bullet Tumbled
- TBSTV
- Total Bloodshot Tissue Volume determined from skinning-shed autopsies, cubic inches
- AA
- Animal Amped with elevated adrenalin immediately prior to the shot
- TD
- Travel Distance after the shot, yards, determined by a PH with a laser range finder
Table 3-1 IDs
- Z
- Zebra
Table 3-1 Notes
- Y
- Yes
- N
- No
- 1
- Woodleigh Weldcore Protected Point with a bonded-lead core
- 2
- Not Known, bullet completely penetrated and exited zebra regardless of weight loss
- 3
- Tipped Sierra Match King (poly tip hand-installed), match bullet, cup-and-core, with a “thin” jacket and metallurgically “soft” jacket and core
- 4
- Test-determined volume does not include contribution of weight-loss shrapnel
- 5
- Sierra Pro Hunter, hunting bullet, cup-and-core, with a “thick” jacket and metallurgically “hard” jacket and core