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gun potential in relation to bodily damage.?
Im an emt student, and we are beginning to work on the kinimatics of truama. this week we are working on gunshots. we have a homework assignment to find a gun's information with matching ammo, and figure out what that gun/ammo combo would do to a human. I wanted to find information on a hunting rifle, but haven't really had much luck, I was wondering if there are any hunters out there that have basic info about their gun, ammo and what it did to say a dear. (how widespread the damage was and how far away you were)
Thanks in advance
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- CaoedhenLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
You must be looking in the wrong place...
Let's use a common rifle, say a Remington 700 in caliber 30-06, with 180 grain sof point bullets at a conservative 2,500 feet per second muzzle velocity.
There are three main factors to consider: range from rifle to target, part of target hit, and angle of impact.
At any sort of close range, like under 50 yards, this combo will destroy a human head. Large pieces will be missing, bone and tissue will be spread over a large area. This is possible at even longer ranges with a weapon like this. A shot to the front torso will almost certainly be a through and through shot, with massive internal trauma to the organs. If a bone is struck, there will be secondary trauma from the bone fragments. It will take and arm or leg off if bone is hit, or just do massive trauma to the tissue.
At 300 yards, the head will still explode. Body shots will still be through and through, although the internal secondary damage to tissue will not be as severe due to the loss of velocity.
At 500 yards, the bullet will still cause massive head trauma. A body shot may or may not be through and through, and less likely to be if bone is struck. The bullet will deflect off the bone instead of penetrating, leaving a wound channel that could literally go anywhere in the body.
Even at 1,000 yards, this is a killer combination. Less severe evulsion of tissue, probably not through and through in the torso, may not be through and through in the head.
Source(s): US Marine weapons instructor at one time... currently Crime Scene Investigator. - Randy FLv 71 decade ago
I use a variety of different calibers depending upon the terrain etc. My favorite weapon for deer is a 35 remington by Marlin Firearms. Considering that I only hunt to produce a small supply of venison it is not my intent to place a shot within the torso of the animal due to the damage to the venison. Therefore my shots are limited to head shots and a 35 remington is extremely damaging to that portion of the body. I don't off hand know the specific ballistics of that particular round but it is not one of the extremely powerful larger rounds however it is pretty much over kill for a deer. If you were responding to an incident where that occurred with a human the only action you would need to take would probably be to inform the coroner. Shots for me using the 35 are usually 50 to 75 yards. I use silver tip ammo exclusively.
