so you think the .223 round is weak?

i think some keyboard cowboys may have quickly exited this thread. lol

Gune , yeah probably.

Weak regarding penetration like if you need to shoot a target through a car door.

I guess that is the end of your thread.

dudes leg turned into tomato soup with bacon strips falling out. good enough for me.

Pfft..is that all? A REAL MAN'S BULLET WOULD SAW THE LEG CLEAN OFF!

Good enough for you but not a good combat round in my opinion. I have .308 which will make it through much more than a .223 to reach the target.

Much of the damage is from being close to the muzzle and getting the gas from that, that appears as a close range impact and the gas itself even without a bullet, such as a blank round could create a similar wound. The bullet track seems just too short for full effect of tumbling if bone wasnt hit

im not sure an m16 round is a .223???!

essentially the same thing, and for the most part used interchangably. I know, it's not exactly the same, but it's an imperfect world

Shot from across the street (20yds) by a drunk cop. Lets see the comparison at 500 yds between the .223 and a .308, or a comparison of a .223 and 7.62x39 at 20 yds.

Not denegrading the .223 and I have a couple of rifles chambered for it, but farther than 300yds or if I want to turn cover into concealment I will chose the .308 or 7.62x54.

I wouldn't want to be shot with one. Small grain bullets do lots of damage in the body.

No where did I put my BS Flag? Oh! Here it is.

I love it when they hit bone. No telling where they will exit. .223 Rocks .... and Rolls

the bullet hit bone. Reason for the large exit wound. surprised he didn't bleed out.

For a rifle round, it is puny. You should see the damage done by a 30-06, .308, 7.92x57 or 7.62x54r. The .303 was pretty nasty too. Although of much lower velocity, the Brits designed the bullets to tumble on impact, like the .223, but the .223 is like a handsaw compared to a chainsaw in the amount of damage done to the unfortunate recipient of the .303.

apart fom the mini 14s still in their boxes for $100 , we skipped over anything in that caliber as it's not much good for hunting and apparently jam. they are essentially a .22 hornet round.

they'd be alright for americans, though whose main use for guns is shooting each other

at close range.

Said an Aussie who is prevented from owning a weapon. Only 5% of you "pooftas" are ALLOWED to own guns. Get some freedom (and balls) and then chirp about Anericans and their guns.

damn aussies.

Meh, that will buff right out.

You can shoot .223 in an M16. Many of the older ones are chambered in .223.

The new round is a 5.56, an enhanced version with a different shoulder angle and much higher pressure. A 5.56 chambered gun can shoot both 5.56 and .223..

A gun chambered in .223 can only safely shoot .223

The average for a .223 is 49k-53k and 5.56 is 60-63k psi.

Through a 20" barrel the M193 round is traveling 3250FPS.

It is deadly down to about 2700fps.

When it hits flesh it is designed to yaw and break at the cannelure causing catasrophic damage to the bullet as it flies apart dumping it's energy in the flesh.

It totally fragments and dumps all energy.


I did a huge write up on reloading and measured several rounds.


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This is a great vid to watch about a doctors perspective on gunshot wounds and bullet calibers.
4:52 is when the caliber comparisons begin



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Said it like I would have !!!.

I like the .223 because I can carry more rounds. If I were younger I'd go with an AK. 308 is good for a sniper but you can't carry many rounds.

So if the opposing force is much bigger? Take out one guy with a 308 from over 400 yards and get out of there. They can't pinpoint one gunshot. A second shot and they'll figure out where it came from.

itll take dowbn a caribou , like nothin.. didnt think it myself till i saw it.... man it DROPPED!

Heck no. It'll drop a deer with no problem.

In comparison to the other rounds you mentioned, it is smaller, but it's still lethal. My favorite hunting rifle is my 257 Roberts.

Its the same get with it bro.5.56 and .223 same gig hot round up close but no downrange she peeters out around 200 yards.Its simple a pistol a shotgun a .semi .223 and a 300 win or bigger for the half mile shots.Thats all you'll ever need to know.

wowzers

.308 Hollow point.

Over penetrates and has better ballistic capability's then a 5.56.

No one fucks with an over sized hollow.

When WW3 happens I doubt anyone would care about the "Geneva convention"

"oh no. don't use those bullets."

"the Genneeeeva convention"

"oh no better not I wouldnt want the Geneeeevvvva convention to find these bodys years later"