rsl@uunet.UU.NET (Roy Stuart Levin) (05/25/91)
I won't go as far as saying that Evan has cooked any data, but it would be in the best interests of the shooting community and especially the police depts. in this country for him to publish his sources and parameters. Until then, as much as I'd like to believe the 125gr JHP .357 is a 90% stopper, I guess I'll have to stick with the "Cooperites," i.e. .45acp for me. You'd think some enlightened, concerned people in the FBI or US military would demand this kind of scientific study.
tmi@uunet.UU.NET (Peter Kasler) (05/28/91)
decwrl!well.sf.ca.us!well!rsl@uunet.UU.NET (Roy Stuart Levin) writes:
#I won't go as far as saying that Evan has cooked any data, but it would be in
#the best interests of the shooting community and especially the police depts.
#in this country for him to publish his sources and parameters. Until then,
#as much as I'd like to believe the 125gr JHP .357 is a 90% stopper, I guess
#I'll have to stick with the "Cooperites," i.e. .45acp for me.
#You'd think some enlightened, concerned people in the FBI or US military would
#demand this kind of scientific study.
Marshall cooking data: At least one wound ballistics professional has
publicly challenged him to reveal his sources, etc., and he's steadfastly
refused. If he's not cooking his data there are some incredible coincidences
and the appearance of impropriety is rampant. The only people who pay much
attention to Marshall's stuff are those who, like him, have some conflict of
interest that inures to their benefit, or those sorely uninformed folks who
read gun rags and don't use their common sense.
FBI/U.S. Military: Who do you think is responsible for the modern state-of-
the-art scientific wound ballistics testing recognized and used worldwide
today? Col. Martin L. Fackler, M.D., founder and director of the Army's
Wound Ballistics Laboratory at the Letterman Army Institute of Research,
Presidio of San Francisco. Following the April, 1986 FBI massacre in Miami,
the Firearms Training Unit at Quantico, VA, began using Fackler's methods
of wound ballistics testing. He did, and still does, work closely with the
FBI in this area.rsl@uunet.UU.NET (Roy Stuart Levin) (05/31/91)
Re: allegations that Evan Marshall's stats may be cooked.... I keep hearing innuendos to that effect, but what is this "conflict of interest" that people accuse him of? Does he have common stock in Federal Ammo Corp.? Or something personal against Jeff Cooper?