No, they don't, considering military rounds are regular old FMJ. The 'shock wave' doesn't actually do anything, because most of the body is quite elastic. It might warp for a millisecond, but that doesn't make you immediately die. After all, do you die when you get punched in the arm? That causes similar trauma to what the 'shock wave' of a bullet does. It merely moves surrounding tissue, it doesn't blow it apart or anything.
Bullets kill because they make a hole in you. Not because of the force of the impact, or because they expend all their energy in your body. The main factor is simply where the hole is, and how deep it went. While something like the Winchester ranger SXT rounds might make a bullet wound harder to heal, they won't exactly cause any additional trauma that would make you die on the spot. Or at least any more than a regular bullet would.
Comparing the "shock wave" of a bullet to the energy released by an earthquake is a terrible metaphor. It'd be like comparing a mosquito to a fighter jet.
Bullets do not make you die instantly. Even if you're hit in the heart, your body can still 'function' for approximately 14 seconds.
In regards to the shock wave causing damage to internal organs, the only organ that can truly be damaged by something like that is the liver. It's a fairly inelastic organ, and warping the tissue WILL cause additional damage. For the rest of the body's organs, however, having that shock wave pass through them won't do damage even remotely comparable to gettind perforated by the bullet itself.
I'm not a very big believer in the additional destructive force of a hollow point bullet. I could very well be completely wrong, but I just don't think a bullet mushrooming out an extra millimeter or two is going to cause any extra damage above and beyond that of a normal bullet. I don't think the possible unreliability in feeding is worth the trade-off, unless, of course, you're using a revolver.
People need to realize that most bullets are just a little piece of lead that move at a very high speed. They don't do anything like blow you apart, or make your blood stop in your veins. Even if they did make your blood stop flowing in a local area because of a 'shock wave', do you die when your leg falls asleep? Bullets kill people because they make a hole where there previously was no hole, and unless that hole happens to be made in the heart or central nervous system, then the other person will probably not be dying very quickly.
Derailing threads is fun.
Edit, because the person below me brought up a very good point: In regards to killing things, a bigger hole is always better. So, yes, I guess I should give hollow point/soft point bullets and such their due, because they're more effective at making a bigger hole than a regular old FMJ. However, I don't think they're more effective simply because of anything like hydrostatic shock, which was the point I was trying (and failed) to make.
Bullets kill because they make a hole in you. Not because of the force of the impact, or because they expend all their energy in your body. The main factor is simply where the hole is, and how deep it went. While something like the Winchester ranger SXT rounds might make a bullet wound harder to heal, they won't exactly cause any additional trauma that would make you die on the spot. Or at least any more than a regular bullet would.
Comparing the "shock wave" of a bullet to the energy released by an earthquake is a terrible metaphor. It'd be like comparing a mosquito to a fighter jet.
Bullets do not make you die instantly. Even if you're hit in the heart, your body can still 'function' for approximately 14 seconds.
In regards to the shock wave causing damage to internal organs, the only organ that can truly be damaged by something like that is the liver. It's a fairly inelastic organ, and warping the tissue WILL cause additional damage. For the rest of the body's organs, however, having that shock wave pass through them won't do damage even remotely comparable to gettind perforated by the bullet itself.
I'm not a very big believer in the additional destructive force of a hollow point bullet. I could very well be completely wrong, but I just don't think a bullet mushrooming out an extra millimeter or two is going to cause any extra damage above and beyond that of a normal bullet. I don't think the possible unreliability in feeding is worth the trade-off, unless, of course, you're using a revolver.
People need to realize that most bullets are just a little piece of lead that move at a very high speed. They don't do anything like blow you apart, or make your blood stop in your veins. Even if they did make your blood stop flowing in a local area because of a 'shock wave', do you die when your leg falls asleep? Bullets kill people because they make a hole where there previously was no hole, and unless that hole happens to be made in the heart or central nervous system, then the other person will probably not be dying very quickly.
Derailing threads is fun.
Edit, because the person below me brought up a very good point: In regards to killing things, a bigger hole is always better. So, yes, I guess I should give hollow point/soft point bullets and such their due, because they're more effective at making a bigger hole than a regular old FMJ. However, I don't think they're more effective simply because of anything like hydrostatic shock, which was the point I was trying (and failed) to make.
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