08-18-2011, 12:57 AM
I will concede that some opinions are dearly held.
A lot of the myths can be dispelled by a serious review of the penetration and wound mechanics literature accompanied by working closely with someone who understands that literature. After that, some of the issues raised can be resolved through testing.
Problem is, as Bill Alexander has pointed out, that setting up credible tests is an enormous challenge. For example, bare gelatin tests tell only part of the story even for large game in the hunting world.
One would need to get access to authoritative definitions of test targets to define the test regime.
A lot of the myths can be dispelled by a serious review of the penetration and wound mechanics literature accompanied by working closely with someone who understands that literature. After that, some of the issues raised can be resolved through testing.
Problem is, as Bill Alexander has pointed out, that setting up credible tests is an enormous challenge. For example, bare gelatin tests tell only part of the story even for large game in the hunting world.
One would need to get access to authoritative definitions of test targets to define the test regime.