I'm trying to decide between the 5.56/.223 round and the 5.45x39 round on the basis of combat effectiveness out to 300 yards, and I've ended up with some questions to which I don't know the answers. Perhaps someone here does.
First, does anyone know if the Silver Bear 60-grain full-metal-jacket ammo commercially available in the US is loaded to the same velocity with the same projectile as Russian military ammo?
Second, does anyone know how American commercial heavy-bullet hollowpoint .223 ammo, such as Hornady's 69-grainers, perform as anti-personnel rounds? Specifically, do they mushroom, fragment, or tumble on impact when fired from relatively short barrels (16 inches max), and what are their typical penetration characteristics?
With both questions, what I'm really looking for is real-life terminal ballistics: effect on human targets. I'm not really seeking input on issues of accuracy and trajectory, comparisons with other rounds, or the relative merits and faults of AKs, ARs, etc.
Nasty subject, but important on occasion. Thanks in advance for your help.
First, does anyone know if the Silver Bear 60-grain full-metal-jacket ammo commercially available in the US is loaded to the same velocity with the same projectile as Russian military ammo?
Second, does anyone know how American commercial heavy-bullet hollowpoint .223 ammo, such as Hornady's 69-grainers, perform as anti-personnel rounds? Specifically, do they mushroom, fragment, or tumble on impact when fired from relatively short barrels (16 inches max), and what are their typical penetration characteristics?
With both questions, what I'm really looking for is real-life terminal ballistics: effect on human targets. I'm not really seeking input on issues of accuracy and trajectory, comparisons with other rounds, or the relative merits and faults of AKs, ARs, etc.
Nasty subject, but important on occasion. Thanks in advance for your help.