[B4Ranch]

2-3" or feet?

[Kadric]

Inches this was one of the reasons it was nicknamed "The Poisoned Bullet" by the Afghanistan fighters. The bullet contains an air pocket at the nose and a steel core that when it hits a surface moves forward further unbalancing it. What the 5.56x45 does going out this one does all the way thru.

Actually when Nato standerized the SS109 loading and the more rapid rifling twist rate for the 5.56x45 for the M-16 it lost quite a bit of the explosive damage it caused to get better penetration.