[crashresidue]

Cheers people,

I've never seen a .45 exit the - what - wound, body, cavity, victim. A.223, all metal bullet, isn't even going to slow down - unless it hits a major bone deposit.

It's the expenditure (sp?) of energy that's causes the stopping power of the round. Yes, the "high speed" bullet can cause more damage than the slower, heavier round(due to hydrolic shock), but unless that bullet hit something that's going to stop it in the body, it's wasted energy. Yea, it might kill the guy behind him, but it really isn't going to stop the first "target".

Instead of "acceleration energy" you need to look at "deceleration energy" which looks at the stopping distance and the forces released into the "target".

My $.02

Gentle winds,
cr