Poll - if given the choice, would you take a round of .223 or .45?

[LaEscopeta]

I would rather the .45 ACP take the hit from the .223/5.56.

(OK not exactly the old dangling participle joke but close enough.)

 

[arthurcw]

.45 ACP. But the question does come close to "Which would you rather? The left one pulled off slowly or the right one mangled in a drill press?"

 

[Mannix]

If given the choice, would I take a round of .223 or .45? No, I much prefer my paintballs and airsoft pellets, TYVM.

I believe a better question would be "Which round would you rather trust your life with?".

 

[heron]

If I absolutely HAD to be shot with one of those, I'd take the .45. That .223 round is going at supersonic speed, remember, and that shock wave, through wet squishy flesh -- well, I'd rather not think about the mess it will make.

If I HAD to be shot with a firearm, and could choose the round, I think I'd have to go with .22 short, or maybe a .25. And let me wear body armor. I don't like pain.

 

[arthurcw]

If I HAD to be shot with a firearm, and could choose the round, I think I'd have to go with .22 short, or maybe a .25. And let me wear body armor. I don't like pain.

NEYT!!! A .22 CB Cap. While wearing Body armor and a trauma plate as well as one of the North Korean "capable of stopping .30 carbine bullets" winter coats. I REALLY DON’T LIKE PAIN!

 

[Jetto Funk]

Damn guys, cut the guy some slack.
I've never shot anyone with a .45 but I have shot people with .223 and .762 rounds.
From personal experience, I'd rather take the 223 (556) round.
Those things, when they fly right, just go right through people. Hoping they don't hit bones, bounce or hit something mid way and start to tumble.
I'd rather super sonic speed fly through me than the blunt force of a 45.

 

[Justin]

Closed, for an exceedingly lopsided taste-to-content ratio.

 

[Correia]

Jetto, that is because you guys are stuck with AP, (I'm assuming you're military, so SS109) which sucks for use against people. A soft point, hollow point, or something like TAP blows a chunk of meat out your back like a softball.