bigdaa
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You are ill informed on this topic.
A 5.56/.223 round will not "punch through all kinds of barriers". In fact, it will penetrate as much, if not less than, a typical handgun round, when talking about interior walls and such. It is a lightweight, fast bullet, that tends to destabilize/tumble/fragment and lose momentum quickly once it strikes something.
There is no more of a barrier penetration concern with 5.56/.223 than there would be with a 9mm pistol.
You may want to educate yourself a little bit on this topic before making more comments like that.
Here is a great place to start.
http://www.theboxotruth.com/
While I understand that there is more information than I will ever absorb out there concerning 62 gr penetrating projectiles from the 5.56 platform, this is what I see:
I can say with certainty that you will not want to be next door to my home if I were to touch off a few rounds of 855 and miss my intended target.
Here are the barriers: Drywall (.5"), stucco(1"), 15 feet of air, stucco(1"), drywall(.5), flesh.
I don't see how much more informed I need to be. Do You?
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