DocGKR,

I've seen this image and some others with a wound track profile overlaid on a human skull or torso and I am confused. My understanding is that the wound profile illustrates bullet performance in human leg muscle tissue or equivalent media [swine leg muscle or properly calibrated geletin].

It is my understanding that neither the skull nor the torso offer as much resistance as muscle tissue. Is this correct? Or do bullets, having penetrated the cranial vault, exhibit similar effects as when penetrating muscle tissue?

If so, it would seem that overlaying the wound profile onto the skull or torso presents an inaccurate depiction of bullet performance.

Sincerely, I am not attempting to be a smartass. This has been on my mind since I started seeing these images [yours and similar ones overlaying wound profiles on CT scans, I believe].

Sincerely,

Paul Gomez