Shawn Dodson
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You advised me to consult with a physicist, and when I did you don't like the answer.Standing on the shoulders of giants again huh? So tell me how much wounding a cartridge with 0.0ftlbs of muzzle energy creates? If you want to make an argument that how the energy is applied matters, then do that. But don't say energy irrelevant.
But along this line, why is it that cartridges with around 350ftlbs of energy only do crushing damage to the tissue in front of them, and cartridges with 700ftlbs of energy create wounds measurably in excess of the bullet diameter? I'm still waiting for you to explain this, and you still keep avoiding it.
I know why you can't explain it. It's because it's not in any of those articles you keep referring to from 20 to 30 years ago. But that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
Maybe you should read some of those old, obsolete articles. You might learn something.
You can start with the FBI's "Handgun Wounding Factors and Effectiveness", which lays out the FBI's rationale for the ammunition it selects.