'Proud' Gunmaker Figures Out How to Make Massacres Worse

[James48]

38. Funny- but that isn't really anything new.

The rifles used for deer in this country ( .30-06, .39-30, 7mm-08, .308, etc) all are more powerful than the new Army weapon being fielded. Yes, the 6.8SPC round is more powerful than the 5.56mm round used in the AR-15, but so are the majority of rifle calibers.

It is not a very good argument to frame it as “double the horrifying force of the AR-15” if you are not at least honest enough to point out that any deer rifle has more “horrifying force” as an AR-15.

Examples of force:

5.56mm round of an AR-15= 939 ft pounds of energy @ 100 yards

.30-06 round of a deer rifle= 2,118 ft pounds of energy @ 100 yards.

New army rifle: 6.8SPC= 1,523 ft pounds of energy at 100 yards.

7mm-Rem Mag round of a deer rifle= 2,770 ft pound s of energy at 100 yards.