Police Handgun Ammunition - Incapacitation Effects, Volume 2 - Experimental Data

• NCJ Number: 93840
• Author(s): W J Bruchey; D E Frank
• Date Published: 1983
• Length: 123 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Commerce; National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: NIJ Report 101-83

Annotation

This second volume of a two-volume report provides empirical data from tests of the effects of such bullet parameters as geometry, construction, mass, velocity, and manufacturer on penetration through tissue simulant, and the ultimate effect of these parameters on wound formation and relative stopping power.

Abstract

In addition to presenting experimental data, the experimental techniques are discussed, and the method is described for calculating a Relative Incapacitation Index (RII). Appendixes contain plots of average RII vs. velocity and plots of tissue simulant maximal temporary cavities, a numerical tabulation of tissue simulant cavity maximal dimensions, and an index to test bullets by manufacturer and bullet characteristics. For volume I, which discusses the evaluation, see NCJ-93839.