KeiserC
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Believe it or not but the AR-15 was not primarily designed for 'killing people' as so many claim... As any varmint hunter knows the .223 Remington / .556NATO is sort of a mediocre varmint round for 5 - 50 pound critters. Under no circumstances are FMJ bullets good for anything but punching paper and wounding.
The AR-15 is the civilian version of the M16 / revised to the M16A1. The Military deliberately changed to this platform from the very lethal M14 chambered in 7.62x51 (.308), to the diminutive .556 NATO round, primarily to wound... It was deemed more beneficial to wound a combatant thereby requiring one or more of his comrades assisting the wounded off he battle line. Secondarily it saved a tremendous amount of weight allowing for each soldier to carry significantly more rounds.
As one who reloads for a variety of .224" / .556 mm rifles it is a (fortuitous thing... please understand the context and intent of using the word fortuitous...) that these psychos with their AR varmint equipment use the ubiquitous FMJ stuff lying around at their box stores and a platform that was never really designed for lethality....
The AR-15 is the civilian version of the M16 / revised to the M16A1. The Military deliberately changed to this platform from the very lethal M14 chambered in 7.62x51 (.308), to the diminutive .556 NATO round, primarily to wound... It was deemed more beneficial to wound a combatant thereby requiring one or more of his comrades assisting the wounded off he battle line. Secondarily it saved a tremendous amount of weight allowing for each soldier to carry significantly more rounds.
As one who reloads for a variety of .224" / .556 mm rifles it is a (fortuitous thing... please understand the context and intent of using the word fortuitous...) that these psychos with their AR varmint equipment use the ubiquitous FMJ stuff lying around at their box stores and a platform that was never really designed for lethality....
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