Testing, testing...

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While I laud the motivation for carrying out such testing, I must draw attention to the recent ARDEC calibre study which may make it unnecessary.

The Army is keeping very quiet about this, but according to the info I am picking up, they did a thorough job. 5.6, 6.2, 6.5, 7.0 and 7.8mm projectiles were tested, each in two bullet styles (Barnes TSX and a "GP" bullet similar in design to M855A1 EPR) ranging in weights from 61 for the 5.6mm to 165 for the 7.8mm.

Thanks for sharing.

The 6.5 and 7.0 performance was superior across the board with the exception of Stowed Kills, which is always slanted towards the smaller, lighter calibres.

How is "Stowed Kills" defined? That statement makes it sound as if it is just the number of rounds in the magazine, without taking into account the per-round effectiveness?