March 30, 2013, 06:45 PM | #1 |
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Plausable or not?
I wasn't really sure where to put this (possibly very dumb) question but here in the relaoding forum seemed like the best place.
I recently watched Jaws 2 and there is a scene where Chief Brody fills in hollow point bullets with cyanide. This got me wondering if something like that would even be possible or was simply a movie gimick.
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March 30, 2013, 07:00 PM | #2 |
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SINCE WHEN HAS ANY KNUCKLEHEAD MAKING A MOVIE known anything about guns and portrayed same in a knowledgable manner ??
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March 30, 2013, 07:02 PM | #3 |
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Could be wrong, but, I thought it was mercury or quick silver. I have seen this done in several shows and always believed it was to make the bullet fully expand faster. But it is hollywierd so who knows
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March 30, 2013, 07:05 PM | #4 |
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Pretty much a movie gimmick. There's no way a dose of cyanide that would be lethal to a great white shark would fit in the cavity of a hollowpoint bullet.
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March 30, 2013, 07:23 PM | #5 |
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Considering cyanide's mechanisms for being deadly, I would think that shooting it into a wound where it would quickly be swept back out of the body by blood flow would be the least effective way of killing with it. Certainly, I would not expect it to be absorbed well from a wound channel. Injection by needle, inhalation, ingestion and maybe even transdermal absorption would seem to be more effective than injection by bullet.
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A good topic for the Mythbusters TV show to explore.
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I met some Cajun bow hunters who had a dose of some sort of drug on the shaft of their arrows, that released upon entering the skin. They claimed it made up for a bad shot. In their defense they were the best blood trackers I had ever seen. I learned alot from watching them.
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March 30, 2013, 09:37 PM | #8 |
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If I remember correctly, he was covering the cyanide with candle wax? My thougts are the wax would disintegrate in flight and release the cyanide long before impact.
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From a previous thread on this topic:
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That said, individual possession of sodium cyanide is against the law, and discussion of illegal activities is against TFL policy. Closed. |
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