Pound for pound, bullet for bullet, you get more STOPS from the lighter .357 Magnum than from the .44 Magnum. That, too, is physics. There's more to it than that, however. Hydrostatic Pressure: A Closer Look Picture again the wound track in a piece of ballistic gelatin. It is wide at first, then thins out as the bullet loses power and finally stops (unless it goes through the block). The big cloud area, which often looks like a football, is called the Temporary Stretch Cavity (TSC). The area of damage in the gelatin block that is the TSC was not caused by the bullet. The bullet didn't "roam around in there like Pac Man." It didn't tumble or zigzag. So how is the TSC area caused? The TSC is created by what is called "hydrostatic shock." Water is very interesting, as far as its physics go. Water can't be compressed into a smaller space no matter how much pressure is exerted on it. Other things can be compressed when you apply pressure, but not water. The human body is MOSTLY water. In other words, much of the body is made up of this substance that can't be compressed no matter what happens. The TSC area was never touched by the bullet. 17 It just went straight into the block. It simply can't be done. www.BulletproofDefenseDVD.com
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