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Mello2u · December 29, 2012, 10:38 PM

bt380,

Do not forget for a bullet to go "though and through" it has to penetrate the skin twice. So per your 4" per skin penetration equivalent 2 x 4= 8" and your 11" (19" total need to penetrate) thickness would seem to indicate the bullet would lodge under the skin on the far side (maybe).

I was at a crime scene where a bullet fell out of the victim's shirt while the EMS personnel were working on him. I think the bullet penetrated his T-shirt, then his torso and came to rest inside of his shirt.

plouffedaddy,

Thanks for posting this.

December 29, 2012, 10:38 PM	#7
Mello2u Senior Member Join Date: February 21, 2009 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,424	bt380, Do not forget for a bullet to go "though and through" it has to penetrate the skin twice. So per your 4" per skin penetration equivalent 2 x 4= 8" and your 11" (19" total need to penetrate) thickness would seem to indicate the bullet would lodge under the skin on the far side (maybe). I was at a crime scene where a bullet fell out of the victim's shirt while the EMS personnel were working on him. I think the bullet penetrated his T-shirt, then his torso and came to rest inside of his shirt. plouffedaddy, Thanks for posting this. __________________ NRA Life Member - Orange Gunsite Member - NRA Certified Pistol Instructor "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." Frederic Bastiat