Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (106764)	1/1/2007 10:40:34 AM
From: Tatnic	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

dunno...I get the impression that its an older version and that the m4 is or has mostly replaced it. Maybe that's just the marines and not the army. Read some interesting stuff though...during the vietnam war one of the biggest complaints was that the ammo didn't always do the job, ie they found it didn't penetrate light fabrics very well. When I checked out the specs I wasn't surprised. A .22 caliber, 120~130 grain slug?? Good grief I would have no confidence in such a light round. I'm guessing the lighter round is a purely economical reaction. Seems stupid to me though...if I were over there I'd want a real bullet, so why can't the troops have "real" bullets? A Nosler partition bullet, 165 grain, that'd be a minimum I'd want to shoot.