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From: tighe@convex.com (Mike Tighe)
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Subject: Re: .223 to little for deer, but big enough for people?
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Date: 19 Apr 91 12:00:43 GMT
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In article <544@erb1.engr.wisc.edu> tas@sat.datapoint.com (Tom Stewart) writes:

> However, I haven't really ever understood why a .223 is big enough for the
> military to shoot at 200+ pound warriors in a battle but not big enough for
> a 50-130 pound deer at rest.

> If anyone would care to express an educated (or not so educated) opinion on
> why 55-65 gr. bullets work on people but not whitetails I'd appreciate
it.

Obviously these claims come from hunters that have never tried, or can't
aim very well. Several years ago, I dropped a deer with a single M193 round
>from an AR-15 at a range of about 50 meters. It was dead before it hit the
ground.
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