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Aqeous · February 16, 2008, 01:32 PM

I don't know . . . I know someone who was killed by accidentally shooting himself in toe with a 50 AE.

(kidding in case you hadn't guessed.)

Seriously though. A .44 magnum is much more like a rifle round then a service round. It just might be capable of doing things that our service can't.

February 16, 2008, 01:32 PM	#8
Aqeous Senior Member Join Date: December 24, 2007 Posts: 646	I don't know . . . I know someone who was killed by accidentally shooting himself in toe with a 50 AE. (kidding in case you hadn't guessed.) Seriously though. A .44 magnum is much more like a rifle round then a service round. It just might be capable of doing things that our service can't.