[g'nad]

but yer talkin' bullets, right? you hit a man in the torso, especially the upper torso with a shotgun or rifle, he's gonna drop...

case in point... I put four rounds of NATO 9MM FMJ through the center of a man's chest... went clean thru him with no immediate effect... (9mm FMJ I equate to a bodkin, cuz it's small, fast, and doesn't expand i.e. cut)... the 5th round was a Hydra-shock, (made to expand and do max damage) It dropped him like 5th period math...no exit wound...

but comparing wound ballistics between arrows and bullets is like the old apple/orange analysis...

not questioning the greater stamina of a deer and other animals... I'm sure a recurve hunter will tell yuh, a deer can go a lot further with an arrow from a recurve in him...

I'm not tryin' to discredit the movie, just somethin' that kinda bothered me...

[NewCenturions]

My knowledge about hunting could fill a thimble (although I Have read nearly all the Peter H. Capstick books) but if Legolas can defy the laws of nature by having perpetually clean hair while others around him have greasy and matted do's, then I think his arrows can knock out an orc in record time. (Legolas can do no wrong!)

[Sam Cree]

Yes, that's true, you're right, I was thinking of bullets...greater velocity, energy and shock.

What's a NATO 9MM FMJ?

"It dropped him like 5th period math..."

I think that's now my all time favorite colorful description of the effect of a bullet. Can't wait to use it.

[HairOfTheDog]

I would love to hear your stories, I think, g'nad...

I hope you don't always have to use four FMJ bullets before they give you one that will take the guy down.

I should ask you about bullets that are probably available that are better than what I have in my handguns... My home gun is a S&W .357. It has .357 158 grain(?) semi-jacketed hollowpoints (I think that is the right description) in it. (and a +P load, which means less to me than it might to you. My friend who made them sold that load to police departments as a business.)

My carry gun is a S&W Airweight .38, 5 shots. It has basically the same semi-jacketed hollowpoint in it in .38.

The other question I have, is how long should I carry bullets in the gun? - These may be a couple years old now. I have fired a lot of practice rounds through both, but then put these same bullets back in, because I only have a few of them. Should they be replace simply because of their age?

[SuziQ]

I'm not tryin' to discredit the movie, just somethin' that kinda bothered me...

That's why it's called FANTASY g'nad. You gotta work with us here, hon!