bigrich wrote:heard the church killer was wearing a vest. from what i've read hugh your right about the wounding rather than killing with 223. heard the u.s military is upgrading to a bigger round cause terrorists don't worry about their wounded. it's gods will apparently. geez this god fella is responsable for a lot of crap ! lol
I wasn't thinking about any theories, have you never shot an animal in the chest with a .223 at very close range?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKQizbg1zBwSkip to 13:29 for his "meat target" testing with FMJ's.
In Miami '86, Platt took a 9mm into the side of the chest. He was able to continue shooting for a few minutes, although significantly disabled by the loss of the lung and severe bleeding from the arteries of the heart. But a 9mm won't pulp a lung like a close-range .223 will.