gun potential in relation to bodily damage.?

Check out this page:

http://www.frfrogspad.com/terminal.htm

The second page shows graphs of terminal ballistics: essentially, what kind of tissue damage a bullet will cause in its flight. "Hunting rifles" come in many different calibers, as do handguns. Here are some various caliber types to compare when you look up the graphs:

.22 Basic learning round, also used in varmint (squirrel, rabbit) hunting

.30-06 Common deer hunting ammunition

12-gauge Buckshot can be used for home defense or hunting.

5.56mm Standard ammunition of the United States military

7.62mm Standard ammunition of Russian military, used in rifles like the AK-47.

As you can see, high velocity rounds like the .22 go right through the target without causing much tissue damage. A 5.56mm round, on the other hand, "spirals" and causes massive tissue damage before exiting the target.

Well here is a story for you. About twelve years ago two police officers responded to a call of a man acting irrational. They where walking up aa flight of stairs when the guy appeared at the top, he lept at them and knocked them down the stairs. The male officer was knocked unconscious the female was in a struggle. for her gun the man was trying to get it from her. she put a 9mm at contact into his head. no effect! she ended up putting two more in his head before he went down. i was told this story when i was a student at IU in criminal justice by the officer that did the shooting. point not really a correlation between caliber and effect. a small .22 can do more damage than a larger caliber because it bounces around inside off of bone while larger caliber goes through.

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