I'd like to go out on a limb here and question whether a flat point bullet, either flat point like on the old .45 Colt, which was lead, or truncated cone or any variation thereof, is noticeable better than a round nose bullet. I've read a lot of claims but I'm not satisfied that it is.
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And to EdInk, you should be aware that reports accompanied troops in action in WWII. True, there were news blackouts at times and certain things were clearly downplayed but the war wasn't fought in secret. Even today, reporters have to be careful about what they say and when they say it, if it is about actual on-going operations. Basically, if the reporter steps over the line, he's kicked out. I know that for certain because it happened to my wife's first cousin, who was with some unit on their way into Iraq in the second Gulf war. He has written a couple of books about Afganistan and that's where he is now (I think).
Also, all wars are fought for political reasons. That's why all those politicians are around. No, the war won't be over until either all the Afgans are out of Afganistan or we are.
Also, all wars are fought for political reasons. That's why all those politicians are around. No, the war won't be over until either all the Afgans are out of Afganistan or we are.
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MisterWhite
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Just a quick anecdote regarding the current adversaries of the United States fighting men and women:
A very good friend of mine served in fallujah among other bad-neighborhood type areas of the sandbox. He said that they would raid houses where they would be cooking meth to get them all wired up for the fight. Consequently, the standard FMJ's just weren't doing the job efficiently, so somehow or other they were issued JHP's for both their M9's and M4's and the 'problems' died down. Since they were not fighting a uniformed 'normal' kind of enemy, he was told by his superiors that the Hague Convention wasn't applied to them.
*I should also make a note here that he said one or two JHP 9mm rounds to the chest did not have a problem bringing down even the doped up bad guys. - Just a shameless plug for the potential of the 9mm round.
-Chris
A very good friend of mine served in fallujah among other bad-neighborhood type areas of the sandbox. He said that they would raid houses where they would be cooking meth to get them all wired up for the fight. Consequently, the standard FMJ's just weren't doing the job efficiently, so somehow or other they were issued JHP's for both their M9's and M4's and the 'problems' died down. Since they were not fighting a uniformed 'normal' kind of enemy, he was told by his superiors that the Hague Convention wasn't applied to them.
*I should also make a note here that he said one or two JHP 9mm rounds to the chest did not have a problem bringing down even the doped up bad guys. - Just a shameless plug for the potential of the 9mm round.
-Chris