Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes

On Sat, 10 Mar 2007, Erol K. Bayburt wrote:
> OK. I am skeptical of some but not all of your claims here, and I
> think a large part of our disagreement comes from different measures
> of "lethality" and from different opinions wrt the im****tance of
> bullet expansion

Part of the problem is also that "rifle ammunition" and "pistol 
ammunition" is not terribly specific.  The .22LR is a "rifle" round while 
the .44 Magnum is a "pistol" round.

And, as to expand on some points Brian made, *where* a particular type of 
bullet hits you matters a great deal.  A shot to the leg, if it hits the 
main artery, can kill you faster than a torso wound that misses major 
arteries and there are also ways to get shot in the head that aren't 
particularly fatal.  Thus the RPG convention that head shots and torso 
shots are more deadly than limb shots, though it seems intuitive, is not 
always true, either.

John Morrow