RE: [DL] Re: Colt Walker

["Phalen, Pat" <Pat.Phalen@infores.com>]

>>Remember the amount of powder behind the ball matters
>>more than the size of the ball.

>Not true :)
>I'm not firearms expert, but this is a topic I follow for gaming and I read

>an FBI report which basically said that unless you are hit in the spine or 
>brain, you die of blood loss, which is directly related to the wound size, 
>which is based on bullet size.


Wound size is also tied to penetration, which relies more on our trusty old
friend velocity, then the mass of the slug.  (i.e., 1/2*mv^2).

Patrick