Displacement Velocity and Wound Diameters

[MePlat]

Veral:

In your book in the chapter on wounding properties of non-deforming cast bullets you say that a wound channel over 1.25" inches seems to be counter-productive in game killing.
In looking at your Displacement Velocity chart it seems that a rating of 105 is all one needs to get that wounding capability.
Are we trying to get too much velocity out of our large bore revolvers Like the 475  calibers and the 500 S & W and 500 Linebaugh?
Using your chart with the .500" S & W bullet as an example with a WFN design we would only need 1024 FPS to get the 105 DV.  With the LCMN we would only need 1077 FPS and with the LFN bullet we would only need 1135 FPS to achieve this goal of 105 DV.
This would make far more comfortable shooting and could be easily achieved with far less powder and cost to the shooter.
I know one would have to keep momentum up with bullet weight so what would you recommend as to bullet weight with a LFN design with a starting velocity of maybe 1350 FPS at the muzzle so downrange velocity would be around the 1135 impact velocity one would need for deep penetration on Elk and Moose and Maybe large bears?
The Hornady 500 gr bullet has a BC of .185 and I am sure your bullet in LFN would at least equal that and with that plugged into a Ballistic Calculator that would give a 100 yd velocity slightly less than the 1135 needed for the 105 DV rating when started at 1350.
With the LCMN and WFN bullets we would need less starting velocity probably but since the BC would be lower i am not sure on that.
Expound on this subject for me.

What is the wait time for one of your molds at this time?

Thanks.

[Veral]

My displacement velocity concept has been widely accepted since I brought it out in 1990, and quite supprisingly, I have not had a single argument against it!!  But I've had thousands of kill reports which agree with it.

   I said all that to confirm exactly what you are saying.  We don't need to load the big boomers  heavy.  Just load so MUZZLE VELOCITY calculates to produce around a 1.250 wound diameter, and enjoy shooting.  

    For example, I shot 5 deer in a row with a 44 WFN leaving the muzzle at 1200 fps.  Two were spine hits, with one a quartering shot taking out 4 inches of bone.  This at 100 yards, using only a 240 gr bullet, and the exit wound after 20 inches of penetration was one inch diameter.  The other three were full sized whitetails hit through the ribs (lungs only on one) at from 50 to 100 yards.  All five deer dropped in their tracks.

   A heavier bullet holds velocity better at longer ranges, but more importantly with deeper penetration.  So I lean toward heavier weights but not extreem weight, though I offer the most extreem weights available!

   The message here is.  Don't even think about impact velocity when using my DV formula.  Just muzzle velocity and it works at pistol ranges to at least 200 yards.  Everybody so far who has given reports does it this very relaxed way and it works!