Wilk Mateusz, Chowaniec Małgorzata, Chowaniec Elżbieta, Bajor Grzegorz
Collegium Medicum, WSB University, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland.
Department of Anatomy, Medical Faculty in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
PLoS One. 2025 Jul 18;20(7):e0328767. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0328767. eCollection 2025.
The performance of advanced air rifles available on the market is comparable to that of small-calibre firearms. The airgun market offers airgun pellets that vary in weight, shape, calibre and material. In view of the ease of airguns tuning, a study of the gunshot damage to the anterior surface of the porcine femoral shaft was carried out with shots fired from a 5.5 mm calibre air rifle. An original human thigh model using a pig femur embedded in ballistic gellatine was used in the study. Gunshot damage was inflicted by firing Haendler&Natterman Baracuda, HollowPoint, Spitzkugel and Excite Apollo 5.5 mm airgun pellets from an Air Arms s410 Hi-Power Xtra FAC 5.5 mm calibre PCP air rifle. Measurements of the velocity and impact energy of the pellets as well as the extent of the bone and periosteal entry damage were taken. Statistical analysis was used to identify differences between pellets with regard to dimensions of gunshot damage to the shafts of the femur. Selected models were subjected to CT imaging.
市场上现有先进气步枪的性能与小口径火器相当。气枪市场提供的气枪弹丸在重量、形状、口径和材料方面各不相同。鉴于气枪易于调校，使用口径为5.5毫米的气步枪进行了猪股骨干前表面枪伤的研究。该研究使用了一个原始的人体大腿模型，其中猪股骨嵌入弹道明胶中。通过使用Air Arms s410 Hi-Power Xtra FAC 5.5毫米口径PCP气步枪发射Haendler&Natterman Baracuda、HollowPoint、Spitzkugel和Excite Apollo 5.5毫米气枪弹丸造成枪伤。测量了弹丸的速度和撞击能量以及骨骼和骨膜入口损伤的程度。使用统计分析来确定不同弹丸在股骨骨干枪伤尺寸方面的差异。对选定的模型进行了CT成像。
