http://www.amazon.com/Bullet-Penetratio ... pacitationBullet Penetration describes the analysis and testing of a model of bullet penetration dynamics; this model is a significant technical advance over what has been heretofore available. This penetration model is directly related to understanding the production of an incapacitating wound by the bullet parameters (velocity, weight, shape, diameter). Incapacitation from wound trauma is a complex subject that has been controversial for many decades, and all aspects of this subject are discussed in detail in Bullet Penetration. The new results in this book are described in a style and vocabulary that make the basic principles and results understandable to the layman. This outstanding book should be read by everyone who is critically dependent on handgun bullet performance as well as all those with an interest in any aspect of wound ballistics. The topics covered in Bullet Penetration include physiological and psychological effects in incapacitation from wound trauma, modeling of bullet penetration, and modeling of bullet expansion. The realities associated with the desired "one shot stop" and the ignorance and/or fraud in "combat data" claims are discussed in detail. The primary focus is on handgun ammunition, but the principles and many of the results are also applicable to rifle ammunition. The book has 307 pages, including 69 pages of bullet photographs and graphs of test results.
Book on Wound Trauma in Handguns
Book on Wound Trauma in Handguns
Re: Book on Wound Trauma in Handguns
I own and have read the last 2 books in a 3 book series by Evan Marshall and Ed Sanow called Stopping Power (2 books) and Street Stoppers. Excellent books, veeery informative, very well written with multiple did and did not work scenarios where actual loads were used in gunfights. They do cover the 9x18 round and are not biased against it. Both are / were cops (Sanow was on active duty at press time and Marshall is a retired Detroit cop). Both have knowledge based on their witnessing what did and did not work and how. Here is a link.
http://www.amazon.com/Handgun-Stopping- ... pd_sim_b_1
I think they are worth every penny.
http://www.amazon.com/Handgun-Stopping- ... pd_sim_b_1
I think they are worth every penny.
Close enough for Government work will get you dead, ask any Vet.
Re: Book on Wound Trauma in Handguns
Fackler and Sarnow have a few disagreements.
Dr. Fackler's review of Sarnow can be seen here... http://www.firearmstactical.com/marshal ... alysis.htm Fackler accuses both authors of fraudulent research. I have not seen the data.
I am not a medical person and do not have police experience. My limited experience with hunting does not necessarily translate into confrontations on the street. Humans have more complex responses than animals and can alter their consciousness with drugs that grossly distort pain or inhibit circulatory collapse.
Most authorities do not consider handguns to be serious weapons for combat. Aside the Swedish Bofors 6.5 CBJ nobody fields a handgun round for primary use. The 6.5 CBJ would be illegal in the US for civilian use because it uses an armor piercing tungsten round.
My feeling on the topic is that if someone expects a bad scene than they get a rifle or shotgun. If they hope that they don't encounter a bad scene then they carry a handgun.
Dr. Fackler's review of Sarnow can be seen here... http://www.firearmstactical.com/marshal ... alysis.htm Fackler accuses both authors of fraudulent research. I have not seen the data.
I am not a medical person and do not have police experience. My limited experience with hunting does not necessarily translate into confrontations on the street. Humans have more complex responses than animals and can alter their consciousness with drugs that grossly distort pain or inhibit circulatory collapse.
Most authorities do not consider handguns to be serious weapons for combat. Aside the Swedish Bofors 6.5 CBJ nobody fields a handgun round for primary use. The 6.5 CBJ would be illegal in the US for civilian use because it uses an armor piercing tungsten round.
My feeling on the topic is that if someone expects a bad scene than they get a rifle or shotgun. If they hope that they don't encounter a bad scene then they carry a handgun.