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Originally Posted by Hapworth
It isn't meant to indicate that there's 18" from the surface of a man's chest to his heart...
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I understand the protocol and just wanted people to think about how much penetration would be required to reach heart and lungs. From the sternum to the heart is only about 2", lung is less. I am not questioning the fact of being ready for all options, just that a a CCI Gold Dot that enters 12" expanded is quite a remarkable load, compared to a standard velocity round nose lead bullet. Yes I have seen the large, intoxicated, angry, male that took 2 bullets to abdomen ( required resection of bowel), 1 to upper right chest( pneumothorax ) and one each to arm and leg opposite sides of the body. The round was fired from a 2" SW 36, 158 gr lead round nose standard velocity, yes he lived, he also nearly beat the shooter to death with a chair leg from a smashed wooden chair. Leg,arm, chest wounds all exited. Be Safe,