The FBI, which pretty much developed ballistic gel, admits it is not the same as human body. It’s only an approximation. A soft point hunting bullet behaves entirely different than a fully copper clad ball cartridge. Within 2 inches a soft point bullet is mushrooming, rapidly losing velocity and dumping energy into flesh. The slow motion video of Charlie Kirk‘s neck, seeming to expand, is a prime example of that bullet’s kinetic energy being absorbed hydrostatically. His lungs would’ve collapsed. By the time the bullet hit his spine, it had lost so much energy. It could not penetrate the bone. The greatly deformed bullet easily could’ve fragmented into pieces that would not be big enough to match the rifling to any gun. Furthermore, a 150 grain bullet behaves differently than a 185 grain bullet. We don’t know which was fired at Kirk. My guess is it was 150 grain, a common weight for hunting deer at longer ranges in the western US. The rifle was Robinson‘s grandfather‘s hunting rifle, gifted to him.
Charlie Kirk was 6’5” and weighed approximately 200 lbs. That is significantly different than a 22.5 lb ballistic gel block.
