Perfect Nits?

[Joe G from Md]

Has anyone heard of these as perfect hits and why?

 

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[releventchair]

Nope. What did they hit and what was the effect on the target? Or the effect on the reason for the shot ( did it strike the target where desired).
Top right in second picture performed well.
Bullet mushroomed,expanding into about double the original diameter while tracking a straighter course than lopsided ones.
The medium struck matters. Clean sand is good for testing for a cheaper medium than ballistic gel.
Lower left in second pic struck a stone or other hard material and slid off/ around.

Perfect hits are subjective.
Nose first is good, but a tumbling bullet in warfare disabling a target is good too?
The energy from the charge being left in the target ....vs passing through , can be considered good.

Bullet design ,energy it carries when striking target , performance through target , studied together give a better idea.
Mattered less in warfare during the civil war ....when a minie ball shattered a limb ,that was good enough regardless of what the bullet looked like after.

 

[Joe G from Md]

Surprised no response on mistake in title, meant hits not nits little difference.

 

[releventchair]

Surprised no response on mistake in title, meant hits not nits little difference.

Enough nit picking in the world already.

 

[Davers]

Surprised no response on mistake in title, meant hits not nits little difference.

Thank Goodness 'common sense ' explained your title or most of what I type would be unreadable.

I'm 46 & have not heard that exact term but the almost perfect mushroom effect on some of the bullets pictured makes for "a dead head on strike".

Funny ,,
I was at a civil War show & a seller had a pretty uncommon Enfield type for sale , I think it was around $15 ; then in another small riker case he had a Perfect Mushroom W/O any special cavity mark I could see for $18.