re: The .30-06 conspiracy theory is the theory with the most legs.

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Someone forgot to tell this to all the deer I've killed over the years....

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I guess your experience killing deer trumps medical journals and case studies. Good stuff, bammer.

True, but like you said one of the most important facts is the type of round used. Once it impacts what is the behavior of the bullet inside? Tumble? Splinter? Penetrate? That COULD maybe explain why

THIS!!!!

What happened upon impact. What was the grain, the powder, the casing, the integrity of the weapon even.

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How much actual real world experience do you have with the caliber?

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Zero. How many ballistics reports have you done? Or autopsies with bullet wounds?

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Zero

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So you don't know what you're talking about.

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How many ballistics reports have you done?

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None, other than what I'm reporting here based upon my actual real world experience with the round

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Or autopsies with bullet wounds?

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On humans, none. On deer (white tail and mule) probably 50 or so over the years. On antelope, one. None of my shots failed to exit the animal. The antelope was up hill and quartering away. Shot entered left kill zone and pretty much destroy the right shoulder. MUCH more density and bone than the human neck.

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A medical examiner can only report the findings.

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You think this is a point.

We have people in this thread and on this board stating that every single 30-.06 in every situation will have an exit wound. Do you agree with that?

Yes and no.

Here's why- The type of bullet. Was it FMJ? Hollow Point? What was the grainage? Powder type and quality. A poorly powdered round with light grain, and a number of tip types would 110% explain the no exit wound. MLK is an example and he was shot closer than Charlie was.

Do I believe a 180 grain FMJ would absolutely OBLITERATE someone's neck? Ya damn right. But what about a 140 grain hollow point with dated powder? (likely was dated powder I find it reasonable to conclude that seeing as how it was his grandfather's weapon and likely his ammo that he used, would be curious if he or his family made any recent purchases for that weapon could help explain)

My frustration is the admin knows conversations like this are happening. I know that the trial and what not but they can do what I just did and explain in depth why they came to that conclusion. Will never happen but wishful thinking

Edit- A lot of the people I see trying to recreate it uses those bruiser rounds that are meant to cause that absolute devastation. Just fueling the fire which is aggravating. A man was assassinated for speaking on what he believed in and we have this. It is just sad.

Let’s clear up a few misnomers here first.

Bullets don’t tumble, they deflect, usually off of bone.

And a bullets “performance” is determined by its makeup and design.

Most bullets are made of lead, copper, steel, or alloys of these metals and combinations of them. Bonded bullets are usually lead core bullets encased in copper.

You can shoot a 30.06 bonded bullet at a deer’s shoulder and it will break apart after hitting the first or second shoulder blade and not pass through.

Or you can do the same with a solid copper bullet (like a Barnes TSX) and it will blow right through both shoulder blades and out the other side.

Read up on “weight retention” on bullets for more info on penetration of bullets.

Many bonded bullets have poor weight retention due to shedding pieces of the bullet after contact and thus have less penetration.

“ The cinder block analogy is particularly hilarious. ”

30 million rifle hunters and 5000 surgeons know the cinder block analogy is absolutely true and trolls like you are fraudsters. Ruby Ridge, Crooks, Waco, Vegas were all phony set ups. You must believe the Lee Harvey Oswald stop.