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An Observation

9K views 68 replies 18 participants last post by  MikeG 
This is a rather odd resumption of the age-old argument between slow, heavy bullets, with greater frontal area, and fast, lighter bullets, with better penetration characteristics. To emphatically conclude this argument, I ask that you contemplate the following question:

Would you rather get hit with a 12-gauge shotgun slug at 1400fps, or a 55gr .223 Remington bullet, at 3250fps? At any range for which either is appropriate, and presuming a center-of-mass hit, I think the answer is patently obvious. The old saying is that speed kills, but when something really big is going fast enough, that's going to kill much better than something tiny, going really fast!
 
Would that be a European swallow, or African swallow? ;)

With all due respect, Jim Rau, when you make a statement like that, you really need to be prepared to offer SOME kind of proof, or at least qualification. Refuting conventional wisdom without backing it up, in some way, doesn't reflect well on your "opinion".
 
Where's a popcorn-eatin' smiley when you need one? :)

Seriously, can someone please lock this thread?
 
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