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To: Shooter 2.5
I just spent about an hour trying to "look it up". The answer is there was never any ballistic testing done. Absent that proof, the caliber of the bullets that hit the students is still unknown. The .38 revolver in the possession of Terry Norman had been fired. There were 30-06 bullets found in a statue and nearby tree. Presumably, 67 expended 30-06 casings were recovered. Revolvers don't eject brass, so no accounting is available for where Norman's rounds struck. It is unlikely he would have attempted a reload, so nominally 6 rds could have been discharged.
183 posted on 05/04/2010 7:42:58 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin

Would ballistic tests be necessary when the coroner pulled .308 bullets out of the dead students? Wouldn’t a coroner understand the difference between a lead bullet measuring .357 and a jacketed bullet measuring .308?


187 posted on 05/05/2010 3:53:55 AM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA /Patron - TSRA- IDPA)
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To: Myrddin

Killed (and approximate distance from the National Guard):

Jeffrey Glenn Miller; 20, 265 ft (81 m) shot through the mouth - killed instantly
Allison B. Krause; 19, 343 ft (105 m) fatal left chest wound - died later that day
William Knox Schroeder; 19, 382 ft (116 m) fatal chest wound - died almost an hour later in hospital while waiting for surgery
Sandra Lee Scheuer; 20, 390 ft (120 m) fatal neck wound - died a few minutes later from loss of blood
Wounded (and approximate distance from the National Guard):

Joseph Lewis Jr. 71 ft (22 m); hit twice in the right abdomen and left lower leg
John R. Cleary 110 ft (34 m); upper left chest wound
Thomas Mark Grace 225 ft (69 m); struck in left ankle
Alan Michael Canfora 225 ft (69 m); hit in his right wrist
Dean R. Kahler 300 ft (91 m); back wound fracturing the vertebrae - permanently paralyzed from the chest down
Douglas Alan Wrentmore 329 ft (100 m); hit in his right knee
James Dennis Russell 375 ft (114 m); hit in his right thigh from a bullet and in the right forehead by birdshot - both wounds minor (died 2007)
Robert Follis Stamps 495 ft (151 m); hit in his right buttock (died June 11, 2008)
Donald Scott MacKenzie 750 ft (230 m); neck wound


189 posted on 05/05/2010 4:02:40 AM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA /Patron - TSRA- IDPA)
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