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To: airborne

It isn’t all about muzzle velocity though. It depends on the amount of joules behind the pellet, pushing it through the air.

There aren’t enough joules of energy behind a plastic pellet to embed it more than 1cm in skin.

49 posted on 09/10/2009 9:40:49 AM PDT by derekr44

To: derekr44

It'll break the skin!

52 posted on 09/10/2009 9:49:41 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)

To: derekr44

I’m shooting lead pellets. Not plastic.

66 posted on 09/10/2009 2:38:17 PM PDT by airborne (Don't let history record that, when faced with evil, you did nothing!)

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