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My dad sent me this after I sent him the link to the insurgent snipers video, has anyone seen this?
http://www.chuckhawks.com/ar_disgrace.htm
I think he makes some good points, but I'm sure many of you will disagree
My dad sent me this after I sent him the link to the insurgent snipers video, has anyone seen this?
http://www.chuckhawks.com/ar_disgrace.htm
I think he makes some good points, but I'm sure many of you will disagree
The 5.56 is a very lethal round when shot placement is accurate. Hitting someone in a non vital area with anything smaller than a 50 BMG is going to be a wounding hit, whether it's a 5.56 or a 7.61x51.
Stop using FMJ's.
Problem solved.
Todays 62 grain armor piercer is a problem compared to yesteryears 55 grain lead core. A rifle bullet entering a body needs to deform and do crazy stuff inside a body on the way through, not keep it's shape and trajectory.
Bruce.
No plans for the xm8. It died like the pistol trials did. M4s are here to stay for awhile. SCARS will slowly trickle down with the heaver weight bullets in 5.56 & SCAR-H in 7.62x51. There are no plans in the near future for replacement calibers for our battle rifles. Even if there was just think how hard it would be to convert weapons & calibers to all of our units deployed world wide.TheMarines just put in a massive order for updated M16s. They say they are comitted to the M16 & are not interested in the M4 or the SCAR. The trickling down to line units will be like when optics came down the line. Do you have the titanium vests yet? I am retired now but still have some friends in & can keep up a little with whats going on.So assuming the 5.56 round is still useful, what about the platform? When will the 416 (or something) trickle down to our troops on the line? And whatever happened to the xm8? I haven't heard anything about it in a while.
There is no magic bullet or weapon system made or coming in the near future that guarantees death or instant death 100% of the time.
...Military members have to qualify with the 5.56 NATO at 500 yards and the round is good to at least 600....
Did the qualification distance and maximum effective range change with the adoption of the 62 grain bullet? When I qualified with the M16A1 rifle (Army and 55 grain bullets) our farthest shot was 350 meters. As I write this, I am referring to my old Infantry Leaders Reference Card and it shows the M16 maximum effective range as 460 meters. Kind of tough to keep up with what the military is doing after being completely seperated for over 30 years
I still prefer the M14 but that's easy to say when I don't have to worry about toting one anymore.