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Sheepdog Tactical Gear
As others have said the recoil on a 556 is much less than a 308. Now while I have carried an M16 or M4 my entire military career, I also understand how it came to be the weapon I carry, so I am not as overly dedicated to the 5.56 caliber as some. You have to consider the reason the military went to a 5.56 M16 over the 7.62 M14 in the first place. In the end it was all about weight. A soldier can only carry so much high speed, light weight gear, typically 100 lbs is the upper limit, though on jumps into bad guy land many a soldier have been humping far greater...but I digress. The typical ammo battle load of 7.62 during Vietnam was 100 rounds, when they changed over to 5.56 that load doubled. Robert Mcnamara in his infinite wisdom
thought twice as many bullets meant twice as many kills...remember he was a bean counter not a trigger puller...and as often happens when management doesn't understand the subject matter, they often really have no idea of the ramifications of their decisions, in this case it was changing to an inferior military caliber... for the reason of being able to carry additional ammo not for the killing cability of the round itself. Now with all that being said, I still own several personal Ar15s, I enjoy shooting them and would pick one up if I needed to in order to defend myself...though with all things being equal I prefer to pick up a battle rifle who's caliber starts with a 3...in my case I pick up an KTR-108 by Mark Krebs...
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Bob
" Some people say..any tactic that works is a good tactic,...I say, anything can work once" former ABQ swat Sgt.
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