The other day, Anonymous Conservative posted this photograph of Charlie Kirk right before he was shot and at the instant the bullet impacted him in the neck. You can see the neck bulge out both in the front and at the back from the temporary stretch cavity.
You can get an idea of what happened by watching the video below, testing 110 grain VMax bullets from .300 BLK. I've read that the .300 BLK at a short distance like this is approximately what you would see from the same bullet shot from .308 at 100 to 150 yards. A .30-06 could have a bit more velocity depending on the load.
VIDEO: "Varmint Bullets For Defense? .300AAC 110gr V-Max gel test"
ARFCOM News (4 min.)
This second test is of a 125 grain SST shot from a .308 at a short distance. Note that relatively little penetration.
VIDEO: ".308 Win - Hornady SST 125 gr: AR-10 gel test 5/27/24"
Shasta Bean (2 min.)
This third test is of a bonded 180 grain bullet shot from a .30-06 into a gel block at 100 yards.
VIDEO: "DANGEROUS!! 30-06 Norma Bondstrike 180gr Ammo Test"
Mason Leather Outdoors (6 min.)
The ATF report on the bullet recovered from Kirk's body hasn't been released, so it may turn out that I'm completely wrong. But from what little we know, I suspect that the Kirk was shot with a light weight varmint type bullet that expanded quickly and fragmented when it struck bone, which would explain the lack of penetration everyone obsesses over.
Larry Johnson (Sonar 21) had a good few articles and picture analysis on this showing that he was shot from the front.
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