I see Hornady Tap .223 60 grain fragment and go through a car door. I always though that the lethality of the 5.56 was based on fragmentation rather than if the round tumbled. Maybe if I hit a perp in a sift area the Tap 2 would perform very good. It is not a vmax round though many have that Hirnady Vmax round in their home defense AR15. Tap 2 has about 13 inches through ballistic gel and it fragments violently. I agree through a windshield or outside I'd want my T3's or Speer gold dots. For home defense all these rounds should incapacitate and kill the bad buy. I haven't decided on what is gonna be NY surplus round for back up. Either speer gold dots or Federal Fusion. I have an AK74 and 2,500 rounds if 7N6. This round tumbled like mad. Is it more lethal than 5.56 T3's or Speer gold dots or federal fusion I don't know but for a full metal jacket round its better than green tips and xm193 in 5.56. Also the rifle stays cleaner. I don't like the ballistics if the AJ74 as it goes straight through. I know everyone is pro M4 here and I am to but some days cleaning a dirty rifle becomes a pain in the ass. I like both rifle's equally. Don't get MAD that I think the AK74 is every bit as good as a Colt LE6920 because I love both rifle's very much. I jystvthingvthe 5.45 x .39 round dies more damage. Peace!
Last edited by Wolf.545 x .39; 11-21-17 at 08:42.
If you find cleaning a dirty rifle to be a pain in the ass, I think you have your guns backward. I clean my 74 every time I shoot it due to corrosive ammo. My AR gets cleaned........... eventually?
I do wish (Federal) Fusion made some 5.45 ammo.
OTMs out of the m4 are "long and skinny" too. And you don't have to deal with all of the downsides of the AK platform.
Next we'll be saying 4 buck out of a bird gun is best.
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
I love my Colt AR15 and also like my AK74. The 5.45x.39 round is known for being the more lethal round. However there is not many rounds that can be bought for it. I got 2,509 rounds of 7n6 and it tumbled wickedly. M855 or xm193 doesn't do this. However we can get premium 5.56 ammo that may better 7n6 in 5.45. I love both of my guns really. Both accurate, reliable, light recoil. I don't shoot corrosive 5.45 ammo much so I don't have to clean the AK74 much.
Yeah the 75 and 77 otm's are long and skinny. They fragment like crazy not like a vmax bullet that oenetrate's only around 8 inches or so. The otm's penetratation is pretty good. Also after 1.5 to 2 inches it s like a grenade going off.
Why are we talking about the irrelevant 5.45 anyway?
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