Questions about the irrelevance of energy (ft-lbs)

[BCDJR]

Yes, he was also shooting people much further away than any of us should be shooting at game. My weapon of choice was a 155mm Excalibur round (we called it “the world’s biggest sniper rifle”), but that doesn’t make it the best choice for hunting.

Guess you didn’t read the post. The gentlemen was asking “ what would you want to be shot with? “

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Guess you didn’t read the post. The gentlemen was asking “ what would you want to be shot with? “

A water pistol? It’s a dumb rhetorical question.

 

[BCDJR]

A water pistol? It’s a dumb rhetorical question.

Then your beef is with him

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Then your beef is with him

I don’t have a beef with anyone.

These debates are often dumb and always always pointless, because people either understand how bullets kill or they don’t.

 

[BCDJR]

I don’t have a beef with anyone.

These debates are often dumb and always always pointless, because people either understand how bullets kill or they don’t.

You called his question dumb

 

[HandgunHTR]

Seems like CHRIS KYLE shot a 338 Lapua

So?

I would venture to guess that most of the time he was using a 300WM, but I am sure he probably did use the 338L when the possibility of having to disable a vehicle or shoot through barriers was a possibility.

The sniper overwatch provides quite a few different functions, not just shooting people.

 

[BCDJR]

So?

I would venture to guess that most of the time he was using a 300WM, but I am sure he probably did use the 338L when the possibility of having to disable a vehicle or shoot through barriers was a possibility.

The sniper overwatch provides quite a few different functions, not just shooting people.

So?

I would venture to guess that most of the time he was using a 300WM, but I am sure he probably did use the 338L when the possibility of having to disable a vehicle or shoot through barriers was a possibility.

The sniper overwatch provides quite a few different functions, not just shooting people.

I was replying to a question posed by another gentleman who asked what would you want to be shot with? It was about bullets. I replied that CPO Chirs Kyle favored the .338 Lapua. Just assumed folks knew that round was the FMJBT.

 

[hereinaz]

I was replying to a question posed by another gentleman who asked what would you want to be shot with? It was about bullets. I replied that CPO Chirs Kyle favored the .338 Lapua. Just assumed folks knew that round was the FMJBT.

As always, in context it was what bullet TYPE… not caliber. Copper or highly fragmenting lead, that is the choice, assuming the bullet performs as designed.

Highly fragmenting lead will do far more damage all of the time, when of the same caliber and velocity.

 

[BCDJR]

As always, in context it was what bullet TYPE… not caliber. Copper or highly fragmenting lead, that is the choice, assuming the bullet performs as designed.

Highly fragmenting lead will do far more damage all of the time, when of the same caliber and velocity.

As always, in context it was what bullet TYPE… not caliber. Copper or highly fragmenting lead, that is the choice, assuming the bullet performs as designed.

Highly fragmenting lead will do far more damage all of the time, when of the same caliber and velocity

 

[BCDJR]

As always, in context it was what bullet TYPE… not caliber. Copper or highly fragmenting lead, that is the choice, assuming the bullet performs as designed.

Highly fragmenting lead will do far more damage all of the time, when of the same caliber and velocity.

FMJBT is a bullet

 

[hereinaz]

FMJBT is a bullet

Assuming the truth about the bullet, I have questions:

Are military and hunting applications the same?
Did he actually choose FMJBT for the same reason we choose hunting bullets?
Did the Army give him the choice of bullets?

Lastly, and on point, what is the difference in performance between an FMJBT and a highly fragmenting lead bullet?

 

[Formidilosus]

Assuming the truth about the bullet, I have questions:

Are military and hunting applications the same?
Did he actually choose FMJBT for the same reason we choose hunting bullets?
Did the Army give him the choice of bullets?

Lastly, and on point, what is the difference in performance between an FMJBT and a highly fragmenting lead bullet?

There were no FMJ .338 bullets used by US Military snipers. Everything he writes is laughably incorrect.

 

[hereinaz]

There were no FMJ .338 bullets used by US Military snipers. Everything he writes is laughably incorrect.

Yeah, figured as much. He was so wildly off the point that even assuming the truth of his statement he was still very wrong…

 

[BCDJR]

Assuming the truth about the bullet, I have questions:

Are military and hunting applications the same?
Did he actually choose FMJBT for the same reason we choose hunting bullets?
Did the Army give him the choice of bullets?

Lastly, and on point, what is the difference in performance between an FMJBT and a highly fragmenting lead bullet?

First you are the one who asked the highly inappropriate question “ what would you want to be shot with?” Very ill timed in general and should have deleted. You show your lack of knowledge by asking about the Army. The hero Chris Kyle was Navy Seal…rip. I just spend time with a sniper who was deployed 4 times in Iraq. They did shoot .338 L FMJ BT.

 

[Formidilosus]

First you are the one who asked the highly inappropriate question “ what would you want to be shot with?” Very ill timed in general and should have deleted. You show your lack of knowledge by asking about the Army. The hero Chris Kyle was Navy Seal…rip. I just spend time with a sniper who was deployed 4 times in Iraq. They did shoot .338 L FMJ BT.

No. They didn’t.