View Single Post Old 02-28-2013, 04:09 PM   #49 Ring of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,123   As for other differences
between typical pistols (including the .22) and more powerful
rounds like the .223 you have to understand an important fact
about high powered weapons:  What kills you isn't necessarily
the hole in your body or the shredding of your insides, it's
that parts of your cardiovascular system explode, particularly
in the brain. Basically as the round enters your body, it
creates a pulse of pressure in your bloodstream, which causes
hemorrhaging. You die from massive brain bleeding before the
damage from the primary would kills you.  It's called
hydrostatic shock.  Hunters know this very well, it's what
results in "blood shot" meat near the wound that you have to
avoid when harvesting the meat. Bloodshot meat is a more
localized effect, but it's the same thing (hemorrhaging caused
by induced static hydraulic pressure in the cardiovascular
system).  A .22 doesn't produce anywhere near enough ener