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Rifle wounds
Generally used in the military field
High velocity missiles: the secondary cavity effect accounts for the vast majority of the damage (J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2019;87:690)
In contact wounds of the head with centerfire rifles, there is massive tissue destruction of the skin, skull and brain with a heterogenous pattern of entrance and exit wounds (Leg Med (Tokyo) 2016;23:10)
Full metal jacketed bullets produce less tissue damage and tend to travel through the body undeformed
Semijacketed ammunition creates the classic lead snowstorm appearance on Xray due to the peeling back of the jacket as it travels through the body, releasing numerous, small lead fragments
>Full metal jacketed bullets produce less tissue damage and tend to travel through the body undeformed
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