Testing, testing...

[Tony Williams]

Thanks for sharing.

I remember that show...and a goofy young Goldie Hawn...and Judy Carne! :p

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?

Some more details I have picked up:

The calibres were tested for penetration, terminal effects, accuracy, initial, retained and striking energy, wind drift, etc. and calculations were made for stowed kills, recoil impulse and various other metrics.

.224 calibre (5.56mm) had the greatest Probability of Incapacitation by “Stowed Kills” (due to the lighter single cartridge weight).

Larger calibre bullets inflict more target damage, and the increase in target damage is greater than the increase in system weight.

Larger calibres had superior post-barrier target effects, with .277 calibre (7.0mm) equalling .308 (7.62mm) against barriers by weight.

The calibre range between .257 (6.5mm) and .277 (7.0mm) is the optimum for overall target effects.