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FEDERAL EVALUATION OF POLICE HANDGUN AMMUNITION RESULTS, PART 2

NCJ Number
30558
Journal
Law and Order Volume: 23 Issue: 12 Dated: (DECEMBER 1975) Pages: 19-21
Author(s)
R APPLEGATE
Date Published
1975
Length
3 pages
Annotation
OUTLINE OF THE RESULTS OF A YEAR LONG TEST PROGRAM FUNDED BY LEAA, SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, AND CONDUCTED AT THE US ARMY BALLISTIC RESEARCH LABORATORY AT ABERDEEN, MARYLAND.
Abstract
THE RELATIVE STOPPING POWER FOR HUMAN TARGETS IS DISCUSSED AND THE FOLLOWING GENERAL CONCLUSIONS ARE PRESENTED VERBATIM FROM THE SUMMARY REPORT: BULLET VELOCITY, BULLET MASS, BULLET SHAPE, CALIBER, DEFORMATION AND BULLET CONSTRUCTION, SHOOTER ACCURACY, POINT OF AIM, AND HAZARD TO BYSTANDERS.