contracters and guns
- Thread starter bigdawg
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The normal barrel FAL is way to long to use in a vehicle -- I have one of them -- it sits folded in the vehicle side box. The other belongs to a guy who never really leaves the villa.
The longest realistic barrel you can use for this is a 16"
Anything longer and your not able to move it properly, and are a hinderance more than an asset.
Also a lot of people dont understand terminal ballisitics -- velocity is not always the answer, bullet construction and selection of the proper load for your requirements is much more important.
While in 5.56mm OTM and M193 and M855 ammo velocity beyond certain benchmarks will result in fragmentation in human tissue - 7.62mm ball does not (except a short few years production of West German ammo).
So a short FN is not loosing the same way that a short AR does.
M118LR (175gr SMK) performs somewhat like a 5.56mm OTM but with a long neck.
The 155gr Hornady AMAX (and TSWG round) is probably the best choice in a non Hague convention compatible round for terminal effect in humans in that calibre.
The only way I would ever use an Ak was due to battlefield pickup.
The longest realistic barrel you can use for this is a 16"
Anything longer and your not able to move it properly, and are a hinderance more than an asset.
Also a lot of people dont understand terminal ballisitics -- velocity is not always the answer, bullet construction and selection of the proper load for your requirements is much more important.
While in 5.56mm OTM and M193 and M855 ammo velocity beyond certain benchmarks will result in fragmentation in human tissue - 7.62mm ball does not (except a short few years production of West German ammo).
So a short FN is not loosing the same way that a short AR does.
M118LR (175gr SMK) performs somewhat like a 5.56mm OTM but with a long neck.
The 155gr Hornady AMAX (and TSWG round) is probably the best choice in a non Hague convention compatible round for terminal effect in humans in that calibre.
The only way I would ever use an Ak was due to battlefield pickup.
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If you find yourself working for a company that hires guys who are going to Iraq for a "reality check"......
Sign on with a different company.
You send your resume here: http://blackwaterusa.com/ . If it contains enough credible stories about your twenty years in the Seals or the like, you're in. If not, you make stuff up and send the revised resume to a less prominent company that doesn't do background checks.
