[rescue] The fat lady. . .

[Scott Newell]

>If memory serves, the .45 ACP was chosen by the government for it's large
>bullet size, and minimal penetration.  The reasoning was that you wanted a
>bullet that would penetrate into flesh, expand, and stop.  You never want a
>clean hole in someone in a war - they can recover from clean holes.  But a

Which explains the choice of .223, right?  :-) 

I'd always read the reasoning that wounds were preferable, since it then
takes additional manpower to care for the injured.  Kinda cold, if true...


newell