Forensic Ballistics Question

by Tanya Gibson
(Manson, WA)

Photo Credit: Gopal1035

Photo Credit: Gopal1035

Could a bullet from a 25/20 rifle (1917) that is deformed by hitting a boulder first and then hit a person leave a wound that is a clear cut hole and fatally wound that person? Would it have to be at very close range? Thank you

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