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- From: post@hpfcso.fc.hp.com (David Post)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Point Blank Firing (was: Re: Gun blast noise in a car?)
- Message-ID: <9212210613.AA14947@hpfcso.HP.COM>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 14:55:20 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
- In-Reply-To: article <199212200619.AA13742@cherokee.advtech.uswest.com> of Sun, 20 Dec 1992 15:33:33 GMT
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- I wrote about shooting through a windshield from the inside:
- >#Four inches is about right for a violent criminal a foot or two in front of
- >#your hood.
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- And created a question:
- >Could you please explain why aiming a few inches low? Where does the
- >"four inches" come from. Thanks.
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- Yes, I don't think I was very clear. Once I and a group of folks had an
- opportunity on a police range to shoot through a windshield. A torso target
- was set up in front of the "car" and we fired at the center of mass and the
- shots impacted about 4 inches high on the target a foot or two in front of
- where the front would have been.
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- Different calibers and bullets were used.
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- This can be simulated in training classes. It leave amazingly little glass
- to be cleaned up and many trials can be had with one windshield.
-
- David Post davep@hpfcpp.fc.hp.com hplabs!hpfcla!post
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