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<blockquote data-quote="Bed Wetter" data-source="post: 79751" data-attributes="member: 428">^^WINNER^^When the question was raised, &quot;How does the lead spread so far?&quot; this is exactly what came to mind. You have a fast spinning projectile impacting a target with tremendous energy. Just watch one of those slow-motion clips on YouTube when they shoot a high powered rifle into ballistic gelatin. The hydrostatic shock expands and separates the target matter tremendously, then the elasticity of the gel (or tissue) returns it to it's original form.When you think about how that bullet sheds it's KE upon impact with tissue, it's easy to comprehend how metal particulate from the bullet could spread so far from the impact point and wound channel.- - - Updated - - -Hey Muskellunge,Serious question: if we made up some ballistic gelatin and shot it with a deer rifle, could you get it x-rayed and show us the results? Maybe we could learn something about the lead cloud left behind by the projectile.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bed Wetter, post: 79751, member: 428"] ^^WINNER^^ When the question was raised, "How does the lead spread so far?" this is exactly what came to mind. You have a fast spinning projectile impacting a target with tremendous energy. Just watch one of those slow-motion clips on YouTube when they shoot a high powered rifle into ballistic gelatin. The hydrostatic shock expands and separates the target matter tremendously, then the elasticity of the gel (or tissue) returns it to it's original form. When you think about how that bullet sheds it's KE upon impact with tissue, it's easy to comprehend how metal particulate from the bullet could spread so far from the impact point and wound channel. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] Hey Muskellunge, Serious question: if we made up some ballistic gelatin and shot it with a deer rifle, could you get it x-rayed and show us the results? Maybe we could learn something about the lead cloud left behind by the projectile. [/QUOTE]

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