21-06-2014, 09:47 PM
Soft point or hollow point bullets do not always break apart into tiny fragments, especially the soft points. And, strange as it may seem, a hollow point bullet does not have to hit bone to make it open up and expand. Hollow points actually depend more on hydraulics for their performance. As a hollow point passes through liquid and tissue at high velocity, the cavity at the nose of the bullet "collects" fluid and flesh, and this matter builds up incredible pressure inside the nose of the bullet, causing the tip of the bullet to open and expand.
As far as JFK's head wound is concerned, I believe he may have been hit in the head with two bullets; one bullet just to the right of the EOP (rear entry) and one on the temple somewhere. I am still open to the possibility of a shot from the South Knoll that would have struck JFK in the left temple. There is medical evidence from Parkland indicating this as a possibility.
I just re-read this and realized I should point out the relevance of the first paragraph. If we used this information and applied it to a head shot or a lung shot from a hollow point bullet, it is not hard to see that, in either instance, a hollow point bullet would have a good chance of not exiting the head or chest cavity at all. This is, in fact, my experience using hollow point bullets for hunting. This is also the reason police use them in urban areas. The hollow point bullet has tremendous stopping power, and stays in the person you are shooting; rather than exiting the other side of the person and going on to injure others.
As far as JFK's head wound is concerned, I believe he may have been hit in the head with two bullets; one bullet just to the right of the EOP (rear entry) and one on the temple somewhere. I am still open to the possibility of a shot from the South Knoll that would have struck JFK in the left temple. There is medical evidence from Parkland indicating this as a possibility.
I just re-read this and realized I should point out the relevance of the first paragraph. If we used this information and applied it to a head shot or a lung shot from a hollow point bullet, it is not hard to see that, in either instance, a hollow point bullet would have a good chance of not exiting the head or chest cavity at all. This is, in fact, my experience using hollow point bullets for hunting. This is also the reason police use them in urban areas. The hollow point bullet has tremendous stopping power, and stays in the person you are shooting; rather than exiting the other side of the person and going on to injure others.
Mr. HILL. The right rear portion of his head was missing. It was lying in the rear seat of the car. His brain was exposed. There was blood and bits of brain all over the entire rear portion of the car. Mrs. Kennedy was completely covered with blood. There was so much blood you could not tell if there had been any other wound or not, except for the one large gaping wound in the right rear portion of the head.
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964