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Frank,
You posted: "How many people who are in the business of killing ... would prefer the ... .30 carbine over the .30-06?" I gave you an example of a person who was given a rather impressive citation for being (among other things) very good at killing people and who preferred the .30 Carbine over the .30-06. Mr. Murphy was certainly experienced enough to know the difference between shooting a person with the .30-06 and the .30 Carbine. And yet, in many situations he chose to use the .30 Carbine. Your post implied that an experienced killer would never consider using the .30 Carbine round when the .30-06 was available, but that is obviously not true as evidenced by Mr. Murphy's use of the .30 Carbine. You said: "The argument was about bullets and stopping power, not about what was a better gun for different situations." If I read your objection right, you are saying that the .30 Carbine was superior enough in other ways that it made up for what you seem to feel is a severe "lack of caliber superiority." If that is what you intend to say, then you have made my point for me quite adroitly. Every firearm and caliber has many characteristics. To narrowly focus on one or two parameters (e.g. bullet diameter) is to be blind to the true situation. |
February 19, 2005, 12:11 AM | #79 |
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Yes Frank...there was one previous post that actually mentioned a bad hit from a rifle no being enough to "stop" a determined BG.
After a whole lot of sometimes animated discussion of handguns (Some real interesting what ifs to try to shore up a pountless argument) At which point you decided to continue to beat the dead horse with a rifle. You obviously like to argue... I am not inclined to watch...that would be really silly! Have fun people! |
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As someone who has personally seen several gun shot wounds in the field, I can tell you what I have learned.
1. Most people are a bad shot. 99% of kills are purely coincidental. I had a guy who was about 250lbs. was shot by someone running away from him. He too was "joking" with us, but not in the manner you think. His last words to me were "am I gonna die?". I thought to myself, nah, this guy is doing pretty good. 2 mins later he was unconcious and his chest was being cracked open to do cardiac massage. His L ventricle had been hit and was bleeding the whole time. The trauma was then called once we found that. 2. I have yet to see someone who was shot continue to persue the shooter, no matter what caliber was being used. Tough guys suddenly turn into whiney bitches when they are shot, and for good reason, it hurts like hell to be shot with any gun. Now, what do we know about bullets traveling through the body? Forget about the .22 bullet bouncing around in the body. It rarely heppens. Most of the time the bullets enters and then comes ot rest immediately because it doesn't have enough energy to continue. If you're lucky, you will hit someone's spine or their stomach, which will cause bacterial problems, with a .22, but hell, that is quite a small target for either. The larger the round and the more energy a round has, the more trauma it will cause. It could miss all vital organs simply in it's path, but the shock wave sent could tare the hell out of anything around it. Two sides of it...this could go on forever and probably always will. |
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Troponin - Are you sure about that with the .22LR? I thought they typically entered the body, tumbled a little bit (but don't bounce around in the body as some think) to form a wound cavity a little larger than would be expected from a .22, and then come to a rest "backwards" with the base in front.
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February 21, 2005, 02:54 PM | #83 |
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I have heard stories of .22lr fired into the skul...bouncing around tha cranial cavity wreaking havoc on the structure of the brain
But I have no idea if any of it is true Sound cool though |
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Friend of mine was shot in the front of the chest with a .22 LR through a heavy leather jacket. Round made a 90 degree left turn came out the side of his chest, went through the leather again, then through the leather of the sleeve and into his arm.
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It's very possible that the bullet made an immediate turn and came back out. I am betting that it didn't make it too much further than an inch or two deep though before making its' turn though. How far were the entrance and exit. They coule have been only a couple inches.
Unique, Perhaps they do tumble. I can see it doing that. Point is, it usually gets lodged into a bone or doesn't make it far. IMO, having someone go into surgery to have a bullet romoved from the torso is probably more high risk. Things can go south very quickly in the OR when you think everything is stable. |
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Frank, I would expect most experts to pick the .223 round over the .308 or .30-06 round for military use, mainly because they have done so. Remember, the Russians have also moved away from the .30 caliber battle round with their 5.45mm round. Wound cavities are often not very impressive from the high powered .30 cal rounds, they are practically through the body when the wound cavity starts to form. Also, high firepower is much more deadly than slower, aimed fire in military battles. The .223 round lends itself to high firepower better with much less felt recoil and the soldier in the field can carry more than twice as many rounds for the same weight.
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Ford or GM?
just the same smart question as .45 or 9X19mm.
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I for one own and shoot a .45. I have shot 9mm, and shot them both pretty well. I CHOOSE the .45 because I shoot better with it, and I assure you I can empty all 8 rnds COM at 7 yds. very quickly. I have never timed myself, but I am willing to bet that I can do so in the time It would take me to empty 8 from a 9mm. I know there is an advantage to being able to carry 10 rds in your 9mm mag, but many people feel comfortable having 5 or 6 rounds in a revolver, and I feel VERY comfortable having 8 in my S&W .45. 9mm is no better than a .45 in my situation. 8 rounds from a .45 is still gonna jack you up!
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How about 17 Rds. right down the pipe with a 9mm? That's all I shoot, and I don't worry about it.
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To be honest, I wouldn't feel any safer with17 rnds in my clip, but if you do, then you gotta use what works for you. The way I see it is that if 8 rnds hasn't done it, the guy is either retreating or on me by that point anyways(in which a physical altercation would then be the case, and I sure as hell am not going to let the guy have a chance of getting my piece with another 9 rnds to put in me), and if he isn't, I've surely explored the idea of a defensive position in which clip #2 goes in. Although I cannot plan precisely what any given situation would pan out to be, I can take comfort in knowing that I have what I need in both my firearm and my ability to defend myself should the firearm not be an issue. But that being said, I think of the firearm as the icing on the cake. Not something I plan to ever have to use.
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How do you know she didn't STOP when shot? If you're "laughing" because she lived, then you should have titled it "Killing Power Bwwaa..............."
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March 2, 2005, 07:53 AM | #93 |
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March 9, 2005, 06:35 PM | #94 |
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the best advice i ever heard on the matter came from a woman in my TN carry class. she had just moved from florida, and said that her instructor there had told her that in a situation where you have to shoot someone, you keep shooting until they go down. if it takes 25 rounds to put them on the ground, then thats what you use.
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Remember Murphy's rules of engagement,
"When in doubt, empty the magazine"....... |
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