JohnKSa
It is NOT physically possible for them to be thrown around by the force of the impact.
I generally agree with your posts but I have trouble with this statement.
If one is smacked with a softball at say, 860 fps it won't penetrate through one but it is very likely that it will "knock" you off your feet by the force of impact... as opposed to a BB at the same speed with the same POI...
Therefore, A bigger projectile is more likely to move the "target" than a smaller projectile...
On that hypothesis... somewhere between 100fps and "penetration speed" and somewhere between .223 and 30mm... it is possible for a projectile to "throw" one around...
riverrat and
Blackwater
They will most likely
"know they've been hit" much sooner than with a .223 if they are not killed outright. Regardless their mental state.
There is a reason that many, many soldiers in Vietnam "chose" the M-14 over the .223 and it was not just because they didn't like, or didn't trust, the AR.
There is also a reason why the military is currently working on a new BIGGER round for the AR.
IF and I repeat,
IF either one can "move" the target or rip up bone and flesh better than the other... it is the 30 (7.62) over the 22 (5.56).
That is why the bigger bullets are used against thick hides and heavy bones and why some countries in Africa and some states in the US and elsewhwere, have legal requirements for minimum bullet sizes.
If the bullet is moving really fast it will punch right through... but if it hits a heavy bone off center it could at least
turn the individual a little bit.
The right projectile with the right velocity will push you back...
witness, a medicine ball at 5 miles an hour.
CONCLUSION? We are arguing semantics like "impossible" or "never" as if they are absolutes without room for argument...
So far, I have been able to agree with the principles each of you have proffered and I can do this
if I don't pick at your choice of words and phrases and simply try to understand you.
Thank you all for being gentlemen in this discussion... It is refreshing to learn from such people.
Does anyone know where I can get a CCW that shoots medicine balls?