84 C4 said:
BTW: Can you still get those 7.62mm, W. German bullets?
I have three cases of hirt that I am saving until I can find more.
I've heard that some of the 80's aussie stuff will also fragment, but haven't heard anything beyond rumor.
The temporary wound channel thing has been pretty much examined and discarded as a major factor.
Most tissue is far more elastic than you'd beleive. It is the permanent wound channel that matters most. That's why a round passing through a lung does far more damage than a round through the chest that doesn't hit a lung. Yes, the lung will collapse, but the shockwave doesn't do that much damage.
I doubt that GK would be able to tell if damage was caused by the permanent channel, by clumsy autopsy methods, or just by wishful thinking.
There's been a lot of research on wound ballistics, notably by the army since they needed to know how to treat soldiers wounded in battle, and how to inflict the maximum wounds possible to the enemy.
I'm torn between blindly accepting the words of a known liar, that is incapable of rational debate (i.e.: a drama queen) and the studies done by the Army. I just don't know which one to beleive.
:devil: