Well it has some merit, when your talking about whether a bullet hits you, and stops, or hits you, and destroys vital internal organs, and rips through your body, going out the other side. The first wound you might live through, the second one you probably won't...you'll either die from organ failure, or you'll bleed to death.
The Garand is not more powerful than a Mauser 98k. It's simple fact. The muzzle velocity alone, of the Mauser 98k is higher than the M1 Garand.
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[This message has been edited by Wolfshook (edited July 27, 2001).]