fatcat4620
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Sam from your post your saying that 5.45 can dump about 1100 foot pounds in 10 inches. It may not be deep enough for some but that must be one nasty hole. Can you show me some M193 that can do that?
Sam from your post your saying that 5.45 can dump about 1100 foot pounds in 10 inches. It may not be deep enough for some but that must be one nasty hole.
Can you show me some M193 that can do that?
"Energy dump" is a meaningless term. Tissue disruption is what matters and 10" isn't enough penetration to reliably reach vital organs on an human. Remember the FBI set their minimum standard for handgun penetration at 12" for a reason.
They set this so that any round passing the test would reliably penetrate deep enough into a body AFTER passing through a barrier. From no angle into a human chest is 12" required to reach vital organs.
From no angle into a human chest is 12" required to reach vital organs. I know that, at least in my body, 10" will get you a through and through shot.
Right. Sometimes...but not always.And rifle rounds, due to their extremely high velocities can cause tissue disruption within organs that they do not even reach.
12" is minimum...and those barriers include things like arms.
It has been proven that rifles will cause worse wounds without needing as much penetration as a handgun.
"Energy dump" is a meaningless term. Tissue disruption is what matters and 10" isn't enough penetration to reliably reach vital organs on an human. Remember the FBI set their minimum standard for handgun penetration at 12" for a reason.
^^^ What is your point? That .223 Rem or 5.45 Nato is insufficient for HD? I might agree with typical FMJ rounds but not with BT ammo. There is plenty of .223 ammo fully capable of fulfilling Home Defense needs.
I have been told that no one makes brass cases and the bullet selection is meager. I do understand that factor ammo is cheap and that is a highlight for me, but I also want the ability to reload ammunition myself for accuracy. Is this a possibility? Thanks...
Cite please.Also, lets not forget reports that were given from Afghanistan where this round was considered to be a "poison bullet".