To: Beagle8U
Yes, 7.62mm is a 7mm that works fine.
That said, anything we adopt would *HAVE* to become a new NATO standard, and getting the rest of NATO to agree on a new caliber when there's already one that effective in the catalog would be difficult to impossible. It's one of the things stopping 6.8 SPC adoption.
40 posted on
02/02/2007 12:41:58 PM PST by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Spktyr
57 posted on
02/02/2007 12:54:48 PM PST by
wastedyears
( "Gun control is hitting your target accurately." - Richard Marcinko)
To: Spktyr
"Yes, 7.62mm is a 7mm that works fine."
The 7.62 is larger dia. than the 7mm and adds a more weight for very little extra stopping power. I would take the 10% extra ammo for that small of a gain.
58 posted on
02/02/2007 12:54:54 PM PST by
Beagle8U
(Thompson / Hunter 2008)
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