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Can anyone here explain the difference between the 9mm LeMas round's performance in Pics 7 and 8 against the gelatin shot in Pic 10? If the gelatin were an accurate predictor of ballistic performance, you would expect the LeMas round to create a simple through and through wound in tissue with a small permanent crush cavity and with 18" of penetration, a tendency to overpenetrate. Yet the round clearly comes apart and shreds tissue in a large blast type fashion, creating a massive permanent wound without exiting the target. Can anyone defend the use of gelatin as a simulant for evaluation of terminal ballistics with the LeMas ammo? I wonder what other bullets perform differently in live tissue than in gelatin? Are there some ricebowl issues here? TR
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De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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