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tackdriver · July 15, 2010, 01:58 PM

I have covered many shootings. Long guns did the job every time. Handguns not so much.

Two I've covered in the last couple of years involved nonfatal handgun shootings to the head (brain injuries)-- .380 ACP and .40 S&W. I covered a homicide in the Saltville, Va. area sometime 2001-2004 where two .25 rounds to the center of mass were fatal. I covered another slaying in Abingdon during that timeframe where the victim had a contact gunshot wound to the head with a Ruger .45 automatic -- no exit wound. Another case I covered this year involved a .357 Mag to the head. The trauma was remarkable, including so-called hydrostatic shock that caused skull fracturing. The JHP round worked as advertised, but came out sideways.

July 15, 2010, 01:58 PM	#72
tackdriver Senior Member Join Date: February 5, 2000 Location: Bedford County, Virginia Posts: 505	Real-world experience I have covered many shootings. Long guns did the job every time. Handguns not so much. Two I've covered in the last couple of years involved nonfatal handgun shootings to the head (brain injuries)-- .380 ACP and .40 S&W. I covered a homicide in the Saltville, Va. area sometime 2001-2004 where two .25 rounds to the center of mass were fatal. I covered another slaying in Abingdon during that timeframe where the victim had a contact gunshot wound to the head with a Ruger .45 automatic -- no exit wound. Another case I covered this year involved a .357 Mag to the head. The trauma was remarkable, including so-called hydrostatic shock that caused skull fracturing. The JHP round worked as advertised, but came out sideways.