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To: Edscharp who wrote (348)	10/12/2002 6:44:40 PM
From: Shoot1st	Respond to of 2746

Ed, I am a great shot....target....wing....handgun...you name it....been shooting since childhood....admitting that I've taken so much small game I can't count....I've used the .223 for years....and recently sold a mini14 and 2 Thompson Center rifles chambered for .223 and 22/250. I'm pretty sure....that anything over 300 yards with a .233 out of a shorty carbine would leave the round in tact and not fragmented even if it is a traditional hollow point. The terminal velocity just isn't there. These reports are talking about fragments in some cases where the hits were less than 200 yards and I can accept that. If you took an accurized version of the AR15 you could hit a human all day long at 500 yards.....with a good scope. I've had .223 not exit a ground hog at 150 yards with a 53gr match hollow point. I have gotten a new respect for .223 for close range work. I wish I hadn't. Shootie