EASILY. We;ve done them with .22 Magnums before.
Depending on the distance, yes. At close range, definitely yes.
effective range is the distance where a skilled shooter can reliably hit a target. For 22 LR, that is about 135-150 yards. The distance at which it will no longer penetrate a skull has too many variables to give a simple answer. The bullet usually drops to below speed of sound by 100 yards, and is dropping velocity quickly after that. By 400 yards it would be unlikely to cause a serious wound.
By shooting it right behind the buffalo's shoulder because the skull is too thick for the bullet to penetrate--it might just graze off.
Yes, an AR-15 can penetrate the skull at point-blank range. The rifle fires high-velocity rounds, typically .223 Remington or 5.56 NATO, which are capable of causing significant damage due to their speed and energy. At close range, the combination of velocity and bullet design can easily breach the skull, leading to lethal outcomes. However, the extent of penetration can depend on various factors including bullet type and angle of impact.
By shooting it right behind the buffalo's shoulder because the skull is too thick for the bullet to penetrate--it might just graze off.
Yes, X-rays penetrate the skull. It takes something as dense as lead to completely block out x-rays.
Disproven on Mythbusters, terminal velocity does not give a bullet enough force to penetrate a human skull. do the math take the mass of the bullet lets say 1 gram and gravity 9.81 m/s/s use the formula force=mass x acceleration and figure it out it is basic physics
At close range, yes.
The study of how to use x-rays to look at the brain by having them penetrate through the skull.
It sure can! Cajun gator hunters in Louisiana use .22LR and .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire to dispatch the gators with head shots before bringing them into the boats. A .22 is no joke. The high velocity fired from a rifle can penetrate 6 inches of pine at short range and has a maximum range of a mile. the .22 WMR is even more powerful, with almost a 2-mile range.
Yes, easily, if it is large enough in caliber. For example, a 22 might penetrate the skull through the eye socket, but not have enough velocity after that to move further into the brain past the membranous covers of the brain to kill you. This could still severely damage you and your brain, but may not kill you. There is not much bone in the skull between the eye socket and the brain so a larger bullet could penetrate there much easier to do enough damage to kill the victim. The covers between the brain and the skull that might stop small caliber ammunition from penetration of the brain are called the meninges. There are three different layers of the meninges that cover the spinal cord and brain and are called the pia, arachnoid and dura mater. They are each tough and fibrous. Bone of the skull is situated above these layers and below the periosteum and skin. The periosteum is another membrane that covers the outer surface of most bones through which the ammunition must also pass before getting to the meninges and brain. The very tough dura mater layer is located at the top of the other two meninges, just beneath the bone tissue and is the first line of defense after bone penetration.
If you are asking a professional forensic scientist, then you could ask:Is it possible for you to tell what distance the victim was from the weapon when he/she was shot? Is it more likely for a bullet to go straight through the skull and out or does the bullet stay in the skull?