04-17-2014, 10:35 PM
On the contrary, I have no doubt a 6.5mm ball round can match the BC of a SMK. Why? Look at the 7.62N 147gr FMJ. Meplat is already very small, no bigger than an HPBT. Ogive is already very sleek, damn near secant. If they could do it with a 50-year-old FMJ I have no doubt they can do it today.
I hear you on the lead-free issue. Many of my calculations would need to be redone. My position on the issue is that if the U.S. military doesn't hire some serious people real soon and persists in its politically-correct sensitivity training, women in front-line combat, and environmentally-approved weapons, we've got bigger problems than a new small arms cartridge.
I guess I'm assuming that in a real shooting war with China that, somehow, the grown-ups will be back in charge and green bullets will take a backseat to the steely-eyed dealing of death.
John
I hear you on the lead-free issue. Many of my calculations would need to be redone. My position on the issue is that if the U.S. military doesn't hire some serious people real soon and persists in its politically-correct sensitivity training, women in front-line combat, and environmentally-approved weapons, we've got bigger problems than a new small arms cartridge.
I guess I'm assuming that in a real shooting war with China that, somehow, the grown-ups will be back in charge and green bullets will take a backseat to the steely-eyed dealing of death.
John
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