Dramatically more gunpowder behind the bullet. (Reply #7)

In the discussion thread: A standard .223 AR-15 round will go through a quarter in steel plate like it was butter. [View all]

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Thu May 26, 2022, 12:23 PM

NutmegYankee (15,742 posts)

7. Dramatically more gunpowder behind the bullet.

The bullet travels at 3 times the velocity of a handgun when it exits the barrel. Imagine a car hitting someone at 25MPH, and a car hitting someone at 75MPH.

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8 replies	Author	Time	Post
A standard .223 AR-15 round will go through a quarter in steel plate like it was butter. [View all]	mackdaddy	May 2022	OP
Hey the military is going to a 6.8mm round now	doc03	May 2022	#1
Pretty much every indoor range bans the use of rifles chambered for .223/5.56 rounds.	sop	May 2022	#2
More people are killed with pistols	Hangingon	May 2022	#3
So what makes a .223 round so much more powerful than a plain .22?	Fiendish Thingy	May 2022	#4
The cartridge is much larger	gurthang	May 2022	#5
velocity	thatdemguy	May 2022	#6
Dramatically more gunpowder behind the bullet.	NutmegYankee	May 2022	#7
.223/.22 is just the diameter of the projectile	BruceWane	May 2022	#8

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