CapnMac
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And, that's the rub of it, the human body (in both general and in specific) "refuses" to conform to what ought to be obvious engineering distinctions of dimension and the like.providing these calculations, for me, as a structural engineer,
From Emergency Room doctors treating actual gunshot wounds, the distinctions "we" in the shooting community find significant are not so much noticed in the ER. So, a millimeter of round diameter makes almost no difference; neither does 4 or 5 meters per second (no matter how much our engineering minds might want to insist that it ought to). Human tissue is vastly elastic, and humans move around more than a little, too,
So the doctors can typically identify lesser or great than 8-9mm diameter and 25 m/s and under or 50 m/s and over in velocity. In engineering 5 meters/second (200fps) ought to be significant; in humans, not so much.
It's all too easy to get caught up in the minutiae. If a legitimate one in many ways. We need projectile weights and powder charges to be precise to very unforgiving standards.