24-05-2011, 03:40 PM
Quote:You questioned how a shot from the right front of Kennedy's head could make an exit wound on the right rear of the head, right? Simple...after a bullet, especially a hollowpoint one, doesn't always follow a straight path. Deflection from the resistance of the skin or bone can cause a bullet to take a direction completely different from the original point of entry. Being a hunter, I've seen bullets end up in completely different places than their entry points would originally suggest.
I'll second what James has posted here.I also used to hunt,and one time,using a .308 caliber rifle,I shot a deer where the bullet hit a little high behind the front shoulder.It hit bone(spine,rib?),and then took a ninety degree angle, and traveled along the spine,which ruined the whole friggin' backstrap.I'm not a ballistics guy,but I think I read somewhere that the .308 was a preferred sniper round at some point.I also own a .243,and that round,just like the .270 are high velocity,straight trajectory rounds(fast and Straight).
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