ahead. so if you hold the gun against, say, like clothing, what happens is this column of gas and air tears a hole through the clothing and then the bullet gets to the clothing and then the gas with the soot gets to the clothing as well as the powder. and that material, if it s in contact, all of the thing after the hole is made goes through the hole and comes you out the other side. if i heard you correctly then, fountain muzzle of the gun is against clothing, there will be a hole made in the clothing by the gas first? and the air, right. and the air. followed by the bullet, and then followed by the soot or the burning powder behind it? the powder, right. and that is why blanks, people