[BallisticWookie]

Hehe, Himmler was a complete nutter

On the subject of Bolt Action Rifles. Yum. Bolt Action be more powerful and accurate, I'd choose the Kar 98k anyday over the Garand.

In response to Solidus..."You guys need to understand something about STOPPING POWER : whether you receive a garand or mauser bullet in the chest or head, you're gone ! There's no such thing as which one will "stop" more ... lol."

Different weapons are made differently in respect to the way the bullet "tumbles" through the air once it's left the barrel. Some rounds move nice and smoothly through the air, when they penetrate the body and move through the flesh, all their gonna do is put a nice clean hole straight through you (ofcourse make a mess inside), thats the perfect killing weapon. On the other hand, some rounds and the rifling on the barrels make the bullet "tumble". When it does this, when it hits the flesh it's going to rip everything inside you too pieces, most organs in the path of the bullet will be torn to shreds, that is the perfect wounding weapon. That is stopping power. The ability to kill outright, or to mame and dismember and lower the morale of the opposing force.
Yes theres the ballistics side of stopping power, but theres also the soldiers side of stopping power

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Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to War and my fingers to fight.

[This message has been edited by BallisticWookie (edited July 27, 2001).]