Quote Originally Posted by yarri View Post
Never discounted the lead at all. I was talking about if the shell casing was hot enough to burn then what pray tell was the lead like? It sure as heck wasn't cool to the touch it was Red hot! which would be good enough to vaperize a coating of blood. I used the shell casing as an analogy on why I believe that the lead was hot enough to vaporize the virus that might have been on the bullet. Sorry I wasn't clear enough

My theory as it stands.. Saul has luck.. Saul has the luck of the gods.. Saul Tink is the luckiest bastard alive. Its part of his character. Burt rarely misses even when drunk. He shot Tommy it was a glancing flesh wound.. It resulting little bundle of misshapen red hot sizzling lead hit Saul and penetrated under the subclavian artery. (which is why it bled like a stuck pig) It was malformed when it w as removed it was stated after surgery that it was oddly shaped either a miss fire or it hit someone else first as in Tommy jr zombie wanna be. Saul did get hit with Tommy's blood but here is where his luck comes in.. It got him in the face but missed his mucosa membrane and missed his wound. The skin gentleman is the body' s first and best defense against invaders. It's one of the first lessons a nurse is taught.. wash your hands and keep the skin smooth and supple.
Ok... I'll buy that for a dollar!
I still believe Burt missed with one of his shots, but I'll defer to Yarri's theory on this.. because she's cool like that. Really though, that was a good one Yarri. I do know that rounds fragment or flatten when hitting a body. HP vs SJ have different penetration depths, so the one in Saul could have been one with just his name on it.
I'm going to listen to the episode yet again to see what he was shooting and what rounds (if they say).