10-26-2013, 09:03 PM
Nice article on common terminal ballistic BS. http://www.chuckhawks.com/terminal_ballistics_bs.htm
"The myth of hydrostatic shock is that, as a bullet passes through flesh, it creates a pressure wave which can rupture organs, disrupt blood flow and short out synaptic function in the brain and central nervous system. For the same reasons that temporary wound cavity can not, generally speaking, cause death, so too does hydroshock fall short. Yet despite this, proponents will trot out legendary cases of a gut shot 300 pound caribou that took two steps and fell over dead. Unfortunately, many of these incidents cannot be confirmed and after myriad attempts, the effect cannot be reliably reproduced in test animals. The closest scientific evidence of distant damage from peripheral wounding comes from the shrapnel of fragmented projectiles and bone which travel through the body and damage vital organs. The physics are such that an energy wave capable of actually turning a target off like a switch would require a large pressure wave similar to that produced by a high explosive force."
"The myth of hydrostatic shock is that, as a bullet passes through flesh, it creates a pressure wave which can rupture organs, disrupt blood flow and short out synaptic function in the brain and central nervous system. For the same reasons that temporary wound cavity can not, generally speaking, cause death, so too does hydroshock fall short. Yet despite this, proponents will trot out legendary cases of a gut shot 300 pound caribou that took two steps and fell over dead. Unfortunately, many of these incidents cannot be confirmed and after myriad attempts, the effect cannot be reliably reproduced in test animals. The closest scientific evidence of distant damage from peripheral wounding comes from the shrapnel of fragmented projectiles and bone which travel through the body and damage vital organs. The physics are such that an energy wave capable of actually turning a target off like a switch would require a large pressure wave similar to that produced by a high explosive force."