7.62x51: two Marines Prsepctives
Lots of Monday morning quarter backing going on.
I don't want to be shot by either one.
A Trooper in Nam was shot in the hip area and the 5.56 ended up going out his shoulder, as he was sitting around cleaning his weapon, or the other way round. It's been a long time.
The bullet often does tumble when they get hit.
The hydroscopic shock does a lot of damage. A hit in the torso is going to put you down generally.
The 7.62 is bigger and just as fast at longer ranges. It does more damage further out.
The basic load was 900 rounds in 5.56. I don't remember what it was in 7.62.
But it is heavy very heavy. Ask anyone who humped a couple cans of belted ammo or a couple of belts or the machine gun.
The Mattel gun does great but at longer ranges and rougher targets the 7.62 wins, just as would the .50 Browning the projectiles being the same type.
I carried the m14 in basic and shot it on the flight line. It gave me a headache from the powder and recoil and flat steel recoil pad?
The Mattel gun I shot the first three hots at Ft Eustis into a nickle size group at 00 yards. Fire it all day with no fatigue and hit more consistently ater firing a lot of ammo.
Lots of Monday morning quarter backing going on.
I don't want to be shot by either one.
A Trooper in Nam was shot in the hip area and the 5.56 ended up going out his shoulder, as he was sitting around cleaning his weapon, or the other way round. It's been a long time.
The bullet often does tumble when they get hit.
The hydroscopic shock does a lot of damage. A hit in the torso is going to put you down generally.
The 7.62 is bigger and just as fast at longer ranges. It does more damage further out.
The basic load was 900 rounds in 5.56. I don't remember what it was in 7.62.
But it is heavy very heavy. Ask anyone who humped a couple cans of belted ammo or a couple of belts or the machine gun.
The Mattel gun does great but at longer ranges and rougher targets the 7.62 wins, just as would the .50 Browning the projectiles being the same type.
I carried the m14 in basic and shot it on the flight line. It gave me a headache from the powder and recoil and flat steel recoil pad?
The Mattel gun I shot the first three hots at Ft Eustis into a nickle size group at 00 yards. Fire it all day with no fatigue and hit more consistently ater firing a lot of ammo.