A .38spl projectile was fired and struck a person 500 yards away. The bullet apparently entered the torso in a fully yawed state (completely sideways). Does the .38spl typically lose ballistic stability and yaw at long range on its own, or does a completely unstable projectile at that distance indicate that it must have first struck something at some point in its flight, causing it to become unstable?
The projectile appears to the naked eye to be completely undeformed, with deep rifling impressions.
This is not a hypothetical question.
The projectile appears to the naked eye to be completely undeformed, with deep rifling impressions.
This is not a hypothetical question.