If bullets are so hot when coming out of a gun, why do they not cauterize the entrance wound that they create?

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If bullets are so hot when coming out of a gun, why do they not cauterize the entrance wound that they create?

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the burning gunpowder is only in contact with the base of the bullet for a fraction of a second, not enough time to transfer all that much heat. while a bullet indeed gets hot after firing, it doesn’t get quite up to cauterizing temperature.

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