More Pepper, Please
February 26, 2006
We set up a large cardboard box as a target and Frank took two shots at it with a 20-guage (about 20% greater diameter than a 28-guage) and a .410 (maybe half the size of a 28-guage). We apparantly weren't gentlemanly enough to have a Perazzi 28-guage handy.
You can compare the results of Frank's experiment the Texas Parks and Wildlife report, available from The Smoking Gun. According to the Houston Chronicle, "Whittington was struck by up to 200 shotgun pellets in the right torso, neck and face."
If you look at our target, which was shot twice, you won't see anywhere near 200 holes.
To test whether a 30 yard shot would even break the skin, we taped a potato onto the target. We found that the 20-guage shot easily penetrated the potato. Ouch. The 20-guage shot had no trouble penetrating completely through the cardboard box, exiting out the back. The .410 guage shot appeared to only penetrate the first layer. It didn't exit the back.
To further replicate the conditions of the Cheney-Whittington shooting, we also had "a beer" with lunch, though some witnesses couldn't recall that.
Next in news:Recreational OCDYou can compare the results of Frank's experiment the Texas Parks and Wildlife report, available from The Smoking Gun. According to the Houston Chronicle, "Whittington was struck by up to 200 shotgun pellets in the right torso, neck and face."
If you look at our target, which was shot twice, you won't see anywhere near 200 holes.
To test whether a 30 yard shot would even break the skin, we taped a potato onto the target. We found that the 20-guage shot easily penetrated the potato. Ouch. The 20-guage shot had no trouble penetrating completely through the cardboard box, exiting out the back. The .410 guage shot appeared to only penetrate the first layer. It didn't exit the back.
To further replicate the conditions of the Cheney-Whittington shooting, we also had "a beer" with lunch, though some witnesses couldn't recall that.
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