Our military adopting the Grendel?

[LR1955]

There is no assumption of any kind when i state that the 123 grain Grendel bullet is twice as heavy as the 62 grain 223 and thus has much greater energy when it leave the barrel. That's just plain old physics, and the future weapons video that i posted above proves it.


As for the loss of mag capacity, perhaps just carrying one more mag could make up for the difference... I mean 30 to 26 is a loss of about 15%, isnt it?

GG:

Aren't you making an assumption that an issued ball cartridge will be 123 grains?

And, aren't you assuming that such a Grendel ball cartridge will have a technically high BC so it can retain its energy at longer distances?

And, aren't you assuming the design of the cartridge will be such that all of this energy will be transferred to the target?

How about the assumption that the primary decision factor in ball cartridge design is kinetic energy, and that it is measured at the muzzle?

And probably the biggest assumption you are making is that adding one more magazine to the Infantryman's load doesn't mean anything.

LR1955