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From: JJD118@psuvm.psu.edu (John Donovan)
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Subject: Re: .223 to little for deer, but big enough for people?
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Date: 19 Apr 91 12:01:12 GMT
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Being in the army I will agree with all of you that the CURRENT army
doctrine is a wounded enemy is as good as a dead one if not better.
There are plenty of stories of people hit by .223 that did funny
things.  One is a man hit in the chest had the bullet go around his
rib cage 2 or 3 time then richoct off of a rib upward finaly exiting
the top of his head putting a hole in his helmet

  Needless to say the guy was dead almost instantly.  There are also
stories of people getting hit by 2 clip fulls of shots and they keep
right on comming.  The .223 does have the power BUT you need to PLACE
the shot better.  Those of you who have 5-8 inch groups the .223 is
NOT for you, but if you can control where you put your shot then the
.223 can be a great round but only if used properly.  The choice is
yours.  I like light accurate weapons but others like huge less
accurate weapons.  Rember you bought it you are going to use it so you
have to be happy with what ever you buy.
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