Home Forums Lever Action Central Big Bore Levers Good read on Meplat and wound damage

A lot of mindless BS about "hydrostatic shock". So it is a batch of brownies with only a teaspoon of dog shlt in it.

There's no value in getting into a battle of semantics on this topic, but anyone who has ever watched a bullet enter into gelatin in slow motion will agree that there is a "wave" the pushes out violently from the bullet. I can see how that wave of pressure could shock the animal into collapse. What do you call that "wave" and what effect do you think it has on the animal?

One thing he mentioned that I was completely unaware of is the autonomic plexus. It has been my go-to aim point for DRT shots with my mild 257 Roberts. That shot is my favorite and my experience mirrors his.

"Blood shot" happens because the heart is still pumping. You get lots of it with archery kills. Seriously, some of you are total dumbshlts.

It's quite difficult to know how to engage in a discussion with someone who snipes like a child. I'll ask you again what you make of the autopsies of our soldiers in Iraq. They were autopsied by medical professionals and most often showed injuries distant from the wound. What are your thoughts on that? What would explain a heart literally tuned into a ball of mush by bullet expanded to just .5 inches? Fist sized chunks of lung turned to jelly? What causes damage much greater than the diameter of the bullet if not a violent pressure wave?

I know it's going to be difficult for you to answer those questions. But give it your best whirl.

Why don't you read Faulkner to us. Thanks.


I personally think he is telling a way different story than what you portray.

Here is one for you.

I shot my first deer with a 45-70 yesterday. I was in the ground still hunting and the deer was coming straight for me. I knelt and shot him just as he popped into the clear. So, was at the exact same level as his chest at about 40 yards. At the shot he ran about 150 yards and I saw him pitch over and flop around. When I got to him he was still alive and kicking pretty hard and it took him another 30 to 45 seconds to die.

So I was shooting that Hornady 325 Gmx round for the 45-70. The bullet penetrated him stem to stern through the body cavity the entire way. It never touched any meat. The deer's heart was literally in three pieces when I took it out. Some of his lungs were jellied and of course, the stomach was a mess. We

The weirdest thing though was that his stomach contents came out the front. It was like shaking a coke bottle and having all the contents come out the hole. The contents of its stomach came up to the front hole and were all over between the skin and the body in the front of that deer. Under the leg and on the ribs there were stomach contents everywhere. And it was in the meat, even though the shot had passed through the chest cavity and never touched the meat. The flank outside the ribs was heavily bloodshot and covered in stomach content even though the ribs themselves were between that meat and the bullet.

Like I said it was like shaking up a coke bottle. Except maybe you shake up a bottle and then slap a plastic bag over the top of it and watch the mess.