Full charge 45-120 Sharps straight cartridge: external and terminal ballistics

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. For other exclusive content and other benefits please visit our Patreon page: Alexander Jason’s YouTube channel: @AJ99 Wound ballistics: 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 8x57 JRS modern hunting round