"I can't say that it's more lethal than the M855. That depends on how the round hits a target," Woods said, emphasizing that accuracy is paramount. "But what I can say is that you'll see the same effects every time with this round.
In other words, this round will make the same hole as the regular M855 greentip which was already engineered to penetrate body armor and steel helmets. IMHO they are going for penetration at the expense of "stopping power" on unarmored targets. Personally speaking, I will take penetration though.
This is just an Liberal ploy at gun control from another angle.
“doubling the effective range”
BS.
What would someone have to do to double the effective range of a 5.56 round? Heavier bullet, more powerful load, longer barrel? How can they increase range from I think 400-450m to around 800?
Promotional vid from the Army: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAIU5FQA7EM
I think Lt. Col. Jeff Woods is FOS
LoL "Doubling the effective range"...LoL.
I hope that Osama had first hand experience.
I reload and hunt with all copper bullets made by Barnes, one of them is a 150gr. Polymer tipped Triple Shock, these are designed to “petal out” like a propeller and are advertised as “One Shot Kills”
I would put an image ut but anyone who knows hunting cartridges know what I am talking about, another Barnes bullet is called the MRX for extended down range performance.
Also I load the handgun M/LE (military/law enforcement) bullets, these are a LOT longer than same weight lead bullets, they have a very deep hollow that will create the same petal effect that creates a massive wound channel.
Of course these are big game hunting bullets and could be deemed illegal in warfare but if its solid copper with either a steel or tungsten core then they may be pretty much the same as what I hunt with. Personally I think after the right bullet is chosen and with a different powder charge the all copper bullets perform better than a FMJ lead bullet, at least out to a medium range, after that because they are lighter they do lose their energy.
“...the new M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round — with its steel core instead of a toxic lead slug ...”
Calling lead “toxic” in this context is just plain false.
This politically correct bullet material begs a rewrite of and old saying:
For want of a powerful hit, the wound was not sufficiently disabling.
For want of a disabling wound, the soldier kept on fighting.
For want of a sufficient number of enemy disabled the skirmish was lost.
For want of winning a sufficient number of skirmishes the battle was lost...
Yes, but most firing ranges will not let you shoot this round due to liability concerns.
Well Hallelujah, the greenie clintonista/obamists have finally repealed the laws of physics!
A 5.56mm 62gr magic bullet is superior to a 7.62mm 147gr “evil polluting bullet”, eh?.
Hmmm, who to believe? The new PC military or Isaac Newton?
My (leftie) green neighbor brought some "green" 2-stroke additive and some "green" chain grease for his new chain saw,,,
Guess what...it froze up after a some heavy use...
It used to be that a republican is a liberal who has been mugged...
Here we have a republican is a liberal who's chain saw froze up.
62 replies and nobody has taken this to its logical conclusion...steel core is ‘copkiller’ and therefore ‘illegal’ to the peasants...so once ‘toxic’ lead is eliminated, we can use airsoft...
At the risk of being redundent to another post, won’t that steel core’s penatrating capability mean round might just pass through our Muslim friends?
How is the transfer of energy from round to Muslim affected?
At the risk of being redundent to another post, won’t that steel core’s penatrating capability mean round might just pass through our Muslim friends?
How is the transfer of energy from round to Muslim affected?
Is the US in its infinate wisdom going to be selling them to our so-called “allies” in this fight and then have them used against US personnel?
