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Old 09-23-2015, 05:33 AM   #29
DouglasCole
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Default Re: Actual Impaling Question

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Originally Posted by Verjigorm View Post
Does this happen to people hit by .50BMG though? People seem to hunt deer with it enough, and the deer are not exploded. A deer is smaller or roughly a similar size as a man, so I assume that if it won't explode a 100lb deer, it wouldn't explode a 150lb man.
I've only heard about it anecdotally, where a sniper engaged a target on the wall, and managed to bisect him with a low torso shot. I'm presuming he severed his spine, and gravity did the rest. This is, again, only an anecdote. Attempts to find what was supposed to be a video online did not help me sleep.
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