I’m a moron when it comes to ballistics so can someone explain (without big words - I’m a dumb dumb) how the Glock wielding dude nearly had his arm taken off by what I presume was a 5.56 AR-15 while the guy that got shot in the head had a small entry wound?
Did the guy who got shot in the head get grazed? Also my stupid understanding of 5.55 was that since it is so high velocity it usually gots straight through and doesn’t tumble like 7.62x39
What a learning odyssey you have in front of you friend!
So, the 5.56 is a really neat round that does a few things on different loadings and different velocities. It can fragment and yaw and do horrible, horrible things to the bags of bones wrapped in fluid, fat and chinese made clothing that people are.
I could talk for hours on this and get very drunk but I am at work so I cannot. My advice is to go to AR15.com and read their ammo FAQs and read every damn thing you can everywhere.
Remember, as an armed citizen you don't need to limit yourself to full metal jacket, I rock soft points in my go to AR.
Uncle Scruffy
For the arfcom link:
https://www.ar15.com/ammo-oracle/
Just helping out while you're at work. I am also but fucking off between meetings.
The American way!
Thanks man. That's precisely the ticket.
Scruffs, tell me about Varmit rounds. I bought them as they were the last 5.56/.233 in the store and I hear conflicting things.
As a Marine my world began and ended with ball
I'd try shooting them at the range and make sure they feed. I've had issue with some softpoints and ballistic tips have issued feeding in my rifles before. The ballistic tips were just a bit longer than a normal .223 round, to be fair the guy at the counter said they were really for bolt guns, and some times soft points can deform just enough to cause feed issues. Although I notice it more with calibers like .30-06.
Near as I can tell you lose intermediate barrier penetration vs a huge temporary wound channel and increased energy transfer. I don't mind as I don't want to shoot through cover with my "fuck you and everyone with you" rifle.
Likely losing most of the penetration, so aim for the boiler room or the head, 55gr will still rip shit apart though. The golden ticket for lethality on unarmored targets is the barnes tsx, and apparently the hornady 75gr tap t2, the tap has worse effectivness through barriers though. 77smk has been stacking bodies like a mother fucker overseas. Look up ballistic testing of whatever you bought, and then look at other 5.56 and compare them, varmint isn't ideal but you can blast a hole through concrete with a .22 if you hammer the same spot enough