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5.56x45 stopping power... |
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By: 54r man Date: July 30, 2013, 5:29 pm |
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Re: 5.56x45 stopping power... |
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By: hashash Date: July 30, 2013, 5:40 pm |
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It's a varmint round. You need a headshot on a person, or it |
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generally won't bring them down. If they are hopped up on some |
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drug, it's even less effective. |
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Re: 5.56x45 stopping power... |
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By: 54r man Date: July 30, 2013, 5:53 pm |
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In the Vietnam war there was an instance of a VC getting super |
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dosed on opium or something and taking 14 hits with a .308 |
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before he went down! |
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Re: 5.56x45 stopping power... |
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By: SN33K Date: August 2, 2013, 1:04 pm |
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fishheads and mama-sans opium? say it aint so! |
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a heartshot is just as effective as a headshot,considering the |
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ballistic tumbling upon impact,a smaller round will cause more |
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internal damage vs. a large bore that blows straight through.the |
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idea was to enable more fragmentation upon entry,thus creating |
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more tissue damage over a wider area.that being said,the |
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5.56/.223 isnt the IDEAL round for this,even a .243 or .270 is |
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better,but the cost of mass production is cheaper and the weight |
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of the basic load out is lighter.thats why the eggheads in the |
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pentagon chose that caliber. |
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Re: 5.56x45 stopping power... |
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By: Spaxspore Date: August 2, 2013, 2:44 pm |
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[quote author=hashash link=topic=45.msg229#msg229 |
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date=1375224001] |
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It's a varmint round. You need a headshot on a person, or it |
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generally won't bring them down. If they are hopped up on some |
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drug, it's even less effective. |
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[/quote] |
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+1, only way to live with it is shot placement. |
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