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To: Thane_Banquo

You’d rather be hit with a 7.62? Me, I’d rather be shooting a 7.62 than a 5.56 at you, providing you were the enemy. Especially since the famous tumbling M-16 round isn’t made any more, or I don’t think it is.


18 posted on 04/03/2010 1:24:31 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar

yes it is. the SS109 is the current one in US military. It is fired with the 1:9 twist barrel.


21 posted on 04/03/2010 1:26:29 PM PDT by Perdogg (Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
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To: GreyFriar

I got it backwards when I wrote it. Momentary dyslexia. :-P


29 posted on 04/03/2010 1:32:54 PM PDT by Thane_Banquo (Mitt Romney: He's from Harvard, and he's here to help.)
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To: GreyFriar

It’s still made. It only tumbles when shot from longer barreled rifles. No tumbling when shot from a m4 carbine.


36 posted on 04/03/2010 1:39:09 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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