Sam Parker 🇺🇸🧯@BasedSamParker
FRANGIBLE OR CONVENTIONAL ROUND: TIMELINE OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE ALLEGED BULLET THAT ALLEGEDLY K*LLED CHARLIE KIRK.
Read this carefully as it's convoluted and confusing. (🔖, like & reply to help boost in algo)
1. September 20, 2025. Andrew Kolvet reports that he spoke with the surgeon who worked on Charlie, and famously tweets about the bullet: Charlie's "bone was so healthy and the density was so so impressive that he’s like the man of steel. It should have just gone through and through. It likely would have killed those standing behind him too. In the end, the coroner did find the bullet just beneath the skin."
2. October 1 & 2, 2025. Journalist Stephen Gardner reports the following after a conversation with high-level people at TPUSA: the bullet struck Charlie's C2 vertebrae, crushing it, and then traveled downward crushing all vertebrae from C2-C7. The main bullet slug was found lodged in the "meaty part" between C7 & T1, not just beneath the skin as Kolvet tweeted. He says there were additional bullet fragments found, but he doesn't know how many or where. Finally, he says there's no mention of it being .30-06—TPUSA insiders just refer to it as "the bullet."
3. Candace Episode 280, 12/16/25. Candace Owens reports from her meeting with Erika Kirk & Andrew Kolvet that she told Andrew that his tweet seemed fake because it would be a HIPAA violation. Andrew doubles down on the substance of his tweet, insisting that he indeed spoke with the surgeon, and said he had posted the tweet with "full permission." He doesn't acknowledge Stephen Gardner's conflicting report.
4. Candace Episode 281, 12/17/25. Candace reports receiving a tip from someone who knows & spoke with Dr. Lee Trotter directly (the surgeon who operated on Charlie & spoke with Andrew Kolvet): they say Dr. Trotter said no such thing to Andrew about Charlie having a neck of steel. Dr. Trotter is an experienced hunter & knows a lot about bullets. He actually suggested to Andrew that it might have been a frangible round that was used because they're designed to disintegrate & not ricochet. So even after the surgeon told him this, Andrew Kolvet still tweeted that the bullet was stopped by the neck, implying that it ricocheted. Further, this conflicts with the Stephen Gardner report since a frangible round is designed to disintegrate and could not ricochet down and crush through several vertebrae.
(NOTE: We also find out that Dr. Trotter was originally blocked from going back into the operating room to clean up Charlie's body by federal agents, and was only able to regain access to the body after he made a call to someone with high-up political influence in DC. The obvious implication is that there could have been tampering during this interval. We also know all hospital camera footage was seized by the FBI.)
5. Candace Episode 283, 12/19/25. Candace reports that according to further tips she's received from someone who's spoken directly with Dr. Lee Trotter, the call Trotter had with Andrew Kolvet back in September was actually a 3-way call with Erika Kirk! So Dr. Trotter had told both Erika & Andrew that it might have been a frangible round. This is why the call wasn't a HIPAA violation. And this is how Andrew had "full permission" to tweet what he did: it was under Erika's approval! Neither Erika or Andrew fess up to this, and it's left for Andrew to take the brunt of the blame for the inconsistencies.
In any case, conflicting stories have eemerged from TPUSA: a high velocity round that was found just beneath the skin, stopped by Charlie's neck of steel; and a round that destroyed Charlie's entire neck and became lodged in the muscle. Both can't be true, and both ignore the alleged theory of Dr. Trotter, allegedly told to Erika & Andrew, that it was a frangible round.
6. March 30, 2026. News breaks after a Tyler Robinson defense filing says that the "Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 'was unable to identify the bullet recovered at autopsy to the rifle allegedly tied to Mr Robinson.'"
7. April 15, 2026 (See Attached Below). The ATF's report summary is made public. A frangible round seems to be ruled out as the findings pattern is more consistent with a traditional jacketed lead rifle bullet that has fragmented after impact, rather than a purpose-built frangible round.
Findings:
▪️.30-caliber class deformed/damaged bullet jacket fragment
▪️Four lead fragments
▪️Inability to conclusively match the jacket fragment to the rifle
▪️Cannot conclusively exclude the alleged murder weapon, nor several other potential guns, either
▪️Fragments not suitable for microscopic comparison
▪️The FBI wants to do further testing and the defense wants to witness this testing, but the FBI is refusing.
FRANGIBLE/NOT FRANGIBLE?
Frangible rounds are typically made from compressed metal powder (often copper/tin), and are designed to disintegrate into many small particles, usually with no intact “jacket” remaining. The report specifically identifies a distinct bullet jacket fragment, which implies a jacketed projectile, not a sintered frangible design.
The presence of separate lead fragments also points toward a lead-core bullet, which frangible rounds generally do not use in that form.
In contrast, what you’d expect from a frangible round:
Dozens to hundreds of tiny granular fragments, no clear jacket/core separation, and often less recoverable mass in large pieces.
Furthermore, the cartridges are not described as frangible rounds by the report, which repeatedly specifies:
▪️.30-06 Springfield caliber cartridges
▪️Remington headstamp
IOW, standard cartridges
Why this matters:
▪️Commercial .30-06 Remington ammunition is overwhelmingly conventional (FMJ, soft point, hunting loads, etc.).
▪️Frangible .30-06 does exist, but it is specialty ammunition and is typically clearly labeled as such.
▪️The report does not mention frangible construction, sintered materials, or disintegration behavior typical of frangible rounds.
*Whew!*
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