
Originally Posted by
bkb0000
perhaps wounding potential and penetration dont correlate as much as you think, though- Aug.
with the 556 we're generally talking 55-77gr, and with a 9emem we're generally talking 115-147gr... we're also talking the difference between a big round slug of soft metal versus a light weight spitzer that's rapidly fragmenting... i think i'd rather get slapped with a destabilized and/or fragmenting 55-77gr than get punched with a mostly-intact 115-147 ball of lead.
all speculation on my part, though. i know little about terminal ballistics, and even less about terminal ballistics after intermediate barrier penetration. just seems logical, though.
I'm pretty sure given the fact that the "little round" zips through 12 boards and keeps going while the big 9mm is stopped at the 8th board. Seems like a practical demonstration of penetration to me.
But we are expected to believe that ballistic gelatin or human tissue dramatically changes the equation. It IS different, but it isn't dramatic enough to reverse things.
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