Reply #77: ?

[kristopher]

spoonman wrote:
"Every aspect of this situation clearly indicates it was a fake.

I have been hand-loading ammo for 23 years. While in the army I worked at Aberdeen proving grounds testing various weapons and body armor.

I was a second on the all army shooting team, and have forgotten more about ballistics than the "Dumb-dumb" who wrote the crap about the "dumb-dumb".

It is very well known that Watson wears body armor, had they wanted him dead, a high velocity full metal jacket bullet would have penetrated the vest, badge and the steel bulkhead behind him! The shock channel would have jellied both lungs and heart, and even if the ship was equipped with a full surgical suite, he would have NEVER survived!

To add to this, slowing down the velocity of a high caliber rifle to pistol velocities generally results in a HUGE loss of accuracy due to the inability of the powder to burn uniformly with so much empty space in the rifle case. (simple terms)

I have viewed every video, and read all the statements that can be found on the web, and it all adds up to one conclusion.

The bullet was clearly fired at a near perfect straight trajectory into the vest. This is clearly indicated in the video by the near perfect mushroomed shape of the bullet (pause the vid, and you can see it well).
This means someone laid out the vest and carefully "punched" a bullet into it. It looked so familiar to me, because I've done it over a hundred times.

The bullet was also massive, not a small military caliber, and not a ball ammo pistol round. So the random handgun theory is blown too. If one of the JCG shot his pistol it would have been loaded with standard ball ammo which has a full metal copper. The video clearly shows NO copper. Jacket separation only occurs at VERY close distance - less the 10 feet.

In Watson's own words he felt "a thud in his upper chest".

The laws of physics are not negated because your cause is just my friend.
The size and shape of the bullet combined with the penetration of the vest and damage to the badge CLEARLY indicated a HUGE transference of energy.
Had he been wearing that vest when the bullet impacted it, it would have sent him two feet back and damn near knocked him out of his shoes.
He would have survived easily, but they would have had to pick his fat ass up of the deck!

Prove it to yourself, take a 1/2 ounce pure lead fishing weight and a regular sized hammer, and see how much force it takes to changes it's shape. After you try it, you'll agree with me."