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[Gatorade]

Originally Posted by edgehill

And accurately shot 5.56 over 1100 yards and it still had energy to be that deadly?

The bullets were dropping, think about people killed with bullets shot into the air when they come back down. Bullets don't just float down.

According to this site http://gundata.org/blog/post/223-ballistics-chart/

At 1000 yards it will still have 783 fps.

[DaFadda]

Originally Posted by Gatorade

The bullets were dropping, think about people killed with bullets shot into the air when they come back down. Bullets don't just float down.

According to this site http://gundata.org/blog/post/223-ballistics-chart/

At 1000 yards it will still have 783 fps.

783 fps? That's almost as fast as a 45 acp!

[Gatorade]

Originally Posted by DaFadda

783 fps? That's almost as fast as a 45 acp!

I am assuming of course that he used 5.56 ammo. 45 ACP uses a 230gr bullet and 5.56 uses either a 55gr or 62gr bullet. So as far as if I had to choose which to get hit with I would take the 5.56 of course. Remember he fired at least 1000 rounds. Possibly double that. He killed 58 and I think the injured was over 500. Not all 500 injuries were bullet wounds. Injuries from the crush to get away would have been included but with 20,000 people in a crowd and just raining bullets down it is easy to see how close to 600 people were injured or killed.