A shotgun slug will carry fluid with it as it exits. also if the lung is full when punctured, it releases all the air once it collapses. This causes some of the spurt in a chest shot. Also if the dorsal aortic artery running up the back is punctured, the last few beats of the heart produce enough pressure to sput out several feet. I know the Carrotid artery hits over 10 feet if punctured. Not sure on exact distance. That's why a knife stab produces a huge blood spurt. Sudden release of pressure when the heart pumps and there is a direction of release.
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