Comments on: What can be obtained easily that would best reflect the damage done by a shotgun impact on a human torso?

By: Divinitus

Divinitus — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:37:02 +0000

Here are some suggestions:

Sand bags (or better, wet sand bags)
Cement Bags
Cardboard Deer Targets (or really any sort of large piece of flat cardboard would work)

By: sargeloda2001

sargeloda2001 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:37:02 +0000

a pig carcus

By: crao_craz

crao_craz — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:37:02 +0000

A truck innertube filled with wet dirt?

By: carsonpalmer9

carsonpalmer9 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:37:02 +0000

call over your buddy, give him a beer and find out for yourself.

By: mike.marlow

mike.marlow — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:37:02 +0000

maybe you could get some clay from a pottery place

By: iecgama

iecgama — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:37:02 +0000

If you fire the shotgun at close range, then probably there won’t be any differences. But if you take some steps back, and use something like 6 big size jello cubes (one per shell), you might have a chance.

By: chucky5050

chucky5050 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:37:02 +0000

eight of your teachers you don’t like. later you give yourself up or end the experiment by trying to see how many police bullets you can hold before dropping dead.

By: gtharper1

gtharper1 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:37:02 +0000

I wonder if styrofoam would show the impact of each pellet? I am thinking of that stuff that is in a block like in a flower shop where they stick stems into it – looks like the stuff collapses just where the force is applied.

By: daedalus

daedalus — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:37:02 +0000

i was originally going to say "plywood" or maybe particle-board, but then i read the rest of your request.

maybe paraffin wax? i know it can be sold in large, rectangular slabs (about 2 foot by 1 foot by 2 inches thick) to change the characteristics of radiation in physics labs. i don’t know if there would be too much melting from absorbing the energy of the impact, though. the link below provides prices for various quantities of paraffin in various grades. my guess is you’d just need the lowest quality one.

the other thought i had was to wait for dick cheney to provide you with 7 more test subjects, but that would (probably) take longer than 3 days.

By: smarty_honeyboy

smarty_honeyboy — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:37:02 +0000

sorry i don’t know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!