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reynolds357 · January 25, 2014, 10:15 PM

As JMR 40 says, A .40 S&W will bounce off a skull. I have both seen it happen and seen the SWAT training film and photos of when it happened.

A deer was hit by a car and laying in the road kicking. I shot it in the head with a SXT from .40 S@W and it hit and bounced.

A SWAT team in Ga shot a woman in the forehead with a .40 fired from a sub-gun and it bounced off.

Big slow bullets do funny things when they strike hard objects at just the proper angle.

January 25, 2014, 10:15 PM	#6
reynolds357 Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2012 Posts: 6,165	As JMR 40 says, A .40 S&W will bounce off a skull. I have both seen it happen and seen the SWAT training film and photos of when it happened. A deer was hit by a car and laying in the road kicking. I shot it in the head with a SXT from .40 S@W and it hit and bounced. A SWAT team in Ga shot a woman in the forehead with a .40 fired from a sub-gun and it bounced off. Big slow bullets do funny things when they strike hard objects at just the proper angle.