Eugene Stoner quotes

There is the advantage that a small or light bullet has over a heavy one when it comes to wound ballistics. ... What it amounts to is the fact that bullets are stabilized to fly through the air, and not through water, or a body, which is approximately the same density as the water. And they are stable as long as they are in the air. When they hit something, they immediately go unstable. ... If you are talking about.30-caliber, this might remain stable through a human body. ... While a little bullet, being it has a low mass, it senses an instability situation faster and reacts much faster. ... this is what makes a little bullet pay off so much in wound ballistics. (Eugene Stoner)