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Old July 3, 2013, 12:19 PM   #7
Theohazard
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Even if people or deer didn't give, it's all about mass; most deer and people weigh a lot more than 15 - 20 pounds.

The way to test this is to see how far people move back when they're shot wearing bulletproof vests, that way 100% of the energy is transferred immediately. There's a classic video of the owner of Second Chance getting shot in the chest with a .308 rifle while wearing one of his vests. He's standing on one foot and he doesn't even fall back enough to need to put his other foot down.

Most .308 loads make between 2600 and 2800 foot-pounds of energy. Shotgun slug loads run anywhere between 2000 and 3000 foot-pounds of energy. If a .308 isn't enough to knock a man over while wearing a bulletproof vest and standing on one foot, a shotgun slug isn't going to do much more.
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