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CobrayCommando · January 30, 2006, 03:38 PM

I'm curious, what happens when a hard cast lead or full metal jacket hits bone in tissue? Does a spray of white fragments come out the other side? What kind of extra wounding effects, if any, happen when a bullet hits something like the sternum or ribcage?

Thanks all.

January 30, 2006, 03:38 PM	#1
CobrayCommando Junior member Join Date: November 21, 2004 Posts: 1,631	Bullets hitting bone? I'm curious, what happens when a hard cast lead or full metal jacket hits bone in tissue? Does a spray of white fragments come out the other side? What kind of extra wounding effects, if any, happen when a bullet hits something like the sternum or ribcage? Thanks all.