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Any stories about 9mm bouncing off of a skull?
Lorimor:
I've heard of pistol bullets hitting the skull on the forehead and circling around the skull and exiting behind the head. I don't think it's common but there have been instances where failure to penetrate has occurred. Ballistics is a funny thing.
This is why you're supposed to plant the bullet in the ocular cavity, for more reliable penetration. I think that goes for any commonly used SD caliber.
(even though the .45 is waaaaayyyyy better.) :)
SemperFiGuy:
OK, Who Started This Post?
Fly!
Fly, you are hereby sentenced to Google"Bullet Richochets Off Skull" and read all 1,750,000 responses,
including This One:
Bullet Bounces Off of Victim’s Face and Kills Robber
Yeah, I know it says "face", and not "skull", but the sentence still stands.
I broke away from morning coffee for this!!
sfg
Greybeard:
SFG - How in the HE double hockey sticks can anyone break away from morning coffee for anything? Coffee first, then computer!!!!
wallace11bravo:
7.62 NATO (308)
Bouncing off a persons skull. Blue on blue incident. Of course, the round was slowed down quite a bit by going through the kevlar helmet at an acute angle. And dozens of the little bitty pieces of Kevlar still managed to penetrate the skull. So not really a win for anyone.
Doesn't mean that 7.62 isn't effective, it just means that anecdotes=/=evidence.
OnTheFly:
Kind of a humorous add on to the story. Don't take this as a brag on my superior skillz, because I aint no great shooter, but he was shooting his superior calibers on the 7 yard lane while I was shooting at 11 yards. I was getting better groups with much more rapid shots, and I was practicing transitions between two targets. Less recoil means more accurate and faster follow up shots. That is one benefit of the 9mm.
Of course some people (like Lorimor) will just continue to think the best defense is to launch projectiles the size of Volkswagen Bugs. ;D
Fly
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