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Charlie Kirk murder suspect pleads not guilty to murder charge
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Sometimes bullets do really weird things, so I'm not saying it isn't what happened, but it was a 30-06 rifle round which really should have done signficantly more damage from that range, so it is strange at the least.
If the bullet didn't hit any bone that will greatly limit the visible damage
Please state your credentials on the matter. I am a hobbyist that has never shot a human but a 30-06 is a big fucking round going really fucking fast and necks are really fucking soft. The entry may be small but that exit is going to be significant. In my opinion.
My understanding is that the exit will often be big because of the bullet hitting bone and shit, making it flatter and thus destroy a lot more on the way out. The neck is soft and there isn't much of it. If the bullet didn't hit his spine, the bullet would be intact, and the exit hole would be pretty tiny.
Yep, the neck being soft is an argument against gory splatter action. Ballistic gel is soft too.
Also I suspect the Ammo used assuming it's what they claim it to be was possibly old and the rifle couldve been worn. Those two could in theory fuck up the velocity of the round resulting in the damage we saw. Still weird but well within start ammo fuckery.
I've put everything from 410 to 12ga and .177 to .50 caliber down range, typically shooting 5.56, 30-30, 7.62, .45 and 9mm, typically at silhouettes, wood logs, target clays, but occasionally pumpkins, watermelons, gallon jugs with ballistic gel. I've also hunted, typically with my 30-30 lever action.
You can't compare the impact on a ballistic gel torso with a head, because it has no muscle and it weighs significantly less. You can't compare the impact on any object of 5 or 10 or 15 or 20 or 100 lb let alone a neck shot on someone who weighs approximately 200 pounds.
That bullet went thru 'clean' in that it didn't hit any significant bone structure. It still tore apart his arteries which is why the blood rushed out so quickly, then the footage cut.
A shot like that on dear with a 30-30 round or a.45 in a similar spot wouldn't blow their head off. It would just drop the deer dead in its tracks. If you propped it up on a chair when it got shot, it would look pretty damn close
Tldr; a bullets impact on a similarly composed 50lb target will be much more exaggerated than the impact on a real 200lb target
Yea afaik for a bullet that size, size and inertia of the bullet can cause damage much wider than the bullet size itself.
It doesn't need to hit bone or anything for that... A youtube video can show that on one of those soft blobs.
We also don't have any pictures of the exit wound. There couldve be a huge chunk missing from the back of his neck that the camera couldn't capture at that angle
Yea, no. 7.62×63mm will take out a moose and not one hunter will tell you that "yea, sometimes they do weird things, man". It will take you out easily. They even said that "he had strong bones", nah... nah he didn't.
I know nothing about guns or bullets, but is it possible the type of gun, or the specific bullet mattered?
No, not really. The type of gun doesn't make a difference aside from the length of the barrel, but that's pretty negligible for anything remotely normal (i.e. not a ~4-10inch barrel in this case).
Same thing with the cartridge/bullet, total energy varies bullet to bullet, but again, in a negligible way.
The real explanation is that the damage people expect from this cartridge is caused by hydrostatic shock: the shockwave caused by the bullet entering and slowing down significantly (transferring energy). Hitting somewhere soft and without much muscle mass, the side of the neck, let the bullet pass through without transferring a ton of energy.
Didn't they rush to change the concrete pathing like the day after?
Fun fact, the company that paved is also israeli and quickly dissolved after doing that job. Company closed soon after the job was done. It's literally nothing suspicious, Charlies neck can just do that, companies also do that sometimes too... it's just average actions. Nothing to see here.
Where did you learn this? I’d be interested to know more about it
Did you just say caliber doesn't matter? That's completely asinine.
No... I said that a 30.06 cartridge can be loaded to multiple pressures and fire different weight projectiles. All effecting total muzzle energy, but without some really funky loads, it's not deviating enough from the norm to cause the effect OP described in their conspiracy theory.
How do you possibly take the whole of my explanation and think that I'm trying to say the say the bullet type doesn't matter?
This time you said 30-06, now I follow. Thanks.
I think to most people, "Cartridge" or "bullet" would imply the overall round, not the projectile or caliper.
22lr is the same caliper as 5.56.
The type of gun can matter, for example an autoloading rifle is not quite as powerful as a bolt action rifle because it uses some of the energy to cycle the bolt and load the next bullet. The shooter allegedly used a bolt action rifle, though, which should basically be "the most powerful" type of rifle.
OMG, listening to some of y'all talk about this shit that have no experience or business trying to explain about ballistics and rifles and ammunition etc. is just hilarious.
Gun nuts.
The type of bullet definitely, 100% matters. Some bullets have more mass than other bullets, and the material of the bullet can be harder or softer. All of that will affect the type of damage. The amount of powder used to fire the bullet also affects its kinetic energy when hitting the target.
Do we have loads of data on bullets being shot at this exact location at this exact range against a real human? Nobody can predict this, no matter how much they love their guns.
Yes.
The 30.06 rifle has literally killed tens of thousands of people at every range imaginable. It is easily among the most well studied weapons on earth. This is easily among the most common weapons in the United States and this cartridge was the standard issue rifle cartridge for both world wars.
Who's the guy with experience/expertise on this subject saying it should have done more damage?
Bring an expert that says the contrary instead of throwing vague shade. It's the consensus in most fire arm circles from what I understand.
Lots of other things don't add up as well (like paving over the crime scene a week later).
If everyone is saying it you should have a source to backup the theory. It's not everyone elses' responsibility to disprove it.
I neck shot my deer last year with a 30.06. No huge exit wound. Obliterated the spine. We usually hang them from the head but had to hang this one by the hind legs.