.223/.22 is just the diameter of the projectile (Reply #8)

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

Response to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #4)

Thu May 26, 2022, 12:27 PM

BruceWane (344 posts)

8. .223/.22 is just the diameter of the projectile

Says nothing about the length of it, or the propellant behind it.

.223 has both more mass and much more propellant, and so has exponentially more impact energy.

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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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