The problem with stopping power
Proven Ammo Formulas. Oh, really?
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May 30th, 2012 at 9:42 am
LOL, proven. Thanks, I needed a good laugh this morning.
May 30th, 2012 at 10:42 am
Hydrostatic shock? Umm, no. Water in a living being is DYNAMIC, not static, as in HYDRODYNAMIC, and as for shock, well, that’s debatable and by no means a reliable medium.
May 30th, 2012 at 11:26 am
During third year medical school, when they started working in Grady Hospital, Atlanta’s county hospital, one student made this memorable statement:
“I used to think that people died when they got shot. Now I know they just show up at the Grady ER.”
Truer words have never been spoken.
May 30th, 2012 at 11:29 am
Also, nothing about those obsolete calibers like .357 Magnum, or.41, .44, .44 Magnum. I guess all those gun magazines I read as a youth were wrong.
May 30th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
I’m an agnostic, but I have to go with a former SOCOM fella I talked with about exactly this subject. He said “Stopping power? No such thing. I’ve perforated a guy’s lung at 200 yards and he kept running for another two miles before he decided he’d had enough and fell down. Then, after we caught up with him, we had to put another couple of rounds in him to make him stay down. It’s in God’s hands.”
May 30th, 2012 at 2:12 pm
IMHO the key takeaway is in the last 2 paragraphs, its all about shot placement and volume of rounds.
May 30th, 2012 at 6:38 pm
Stopping power? It’s at the intersection of physics, physiology – and luck.