[AdA$tra]

I am not a total expert, but have been following the story closely. The reports are that gunshots were heard at almost all the crime scenes.

The .223 is a maiming round designed to cause catastrophic wounds requiring two men to remove the wounded man therefore taking three enemy soliers off the battlefield. The rounds tumble at range and therfore rip up their human targets on impact. Consequently they are not accurate beyond 400 meters.

[Double Tap]

The M16 originally had a rifle twist rate of 1 twist in 14", or 1-14". This caused the bullet to barely stabilize and thus when it stuck something, it would tumble. Over the years the military has changed the twist, first to 1-12", then 1-9" and finally if using the NATO spec 69gr. bullet, 1-7". All this in an attempt to improve accuracy, which was never a problem to begin with.

Most of the rifles on the market today, and in the recent past have between a 1-12" and 1-7" twist, and are accurate well past 400 yards or meters.

[LibKill]

The .223 is a maiming round designed to cause catastrophic wounds requiring two men to remove the wounded man therefore taking three enemy soliers off the battlefield. The rounds tumble at range and therfore rip up their human targets on impact. Consequently they are not accurate beyond 400 meters.

This was true of the old .55 grain M16 rounds.

The current rounds are good past 500 meters.

And, it never applied to bolt-action varmint rifles.

There are many factors to consider, rate of barrel twist, weight of bullet, and so on.

I may be wrong but most of these murders seem to me to have been within 300 meters.

That's an easy shot with a .223 (5.56mm NATO)