High power rifles were particularly deadly. He made a comment about internal organs pouring out like jelly from body cavities of people shot by a high power rifle.
Anyone who hunts can relate to this. I've seen it shooting deer with a 150 grain 7mm Sierra Game King at 3300 fps muzzle velocity. Not a lung to be found, vaporized, amazing. You push a small bullet fast enough, you don't need no stinkin' bowlin' ball. Dr. Michael Courtney, who has posted links to his published research on the affects of pressure waves on neural systems and tissue, has stated that 1000 ft lbs is about the breaking point for tissue damage, but that some affects occur from over 500 ft lbs in, say, .357 magnum. My hunting experiences jive with that, but he did the actual research. I think I'm quoting him right. Was a low number compared to the Fackler gurus, anyway, and I know some HUNTERS who shoot RIFLES that think bigger bore is better and hunt deer with 35 remingtons figurin' it'll kill game faster than a 7mm STW.
Whatever works for you, I guess. But, I can tell ya, my 7 mag will take 'em from 20 yards to 350 bang flop. Been there, done that. Still takes decent bullet placement, but the 7 is more forgiving of that.
Bottom line, with handguns, even magnum handguns, tissue damage is more important than pressure wave affects in the neural system, but I've seen more tissue damage and bigger exit holes on game from a .357 magnum than from a standard pressure .45ACP. That's a fact. I've shot hogs in the trap with .357 140 grain speer JHPs at 600 ft lbs and had MASSIVE exit wounds. I have confidence in magnum revolvers to do the job. Frankly, I have confidence in a well placed 9mm and it's a lot easier to conceal. I've shot pigs with the .38 special shooting the same speer bullet and while the exit wound and wound channel wasn't nearly as impressive as the .357 (probably more due to less bullet expansion than pressure wave affects), it sure got full penetration! If a bullet like that expands and fully penetrates, that's about all you can hope for. I start getting concerned about .380ACP for penetration, but I know .38, 9mm, and up will do the job. That's why they have normally chosen as service calibers, I reckon. Only in Europe is there a military history from mouse gun calibers and that's pretty well history now days even there.
Here's a link I searched.
http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=292871&highlight=Michael+Courtney