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In reply to the discussion: Doctor shows heartless GOP Senate video of what assault rifles do when bullet explodes inside you [View all]X_Digger
(18,585 posts)What the doctor describes and the video shows is the difference between a round-nosed bullet of 22lr caliber and a hollow-point bullet of 5.56 x 45/ .223 caliber.
For size comparisons of the ammo:
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Any comparison between a 22lr and .223 is an apple to an orange. A .223 travels at 900 - 1100 m/s, a 22lr at 350 - 400 m/s and depending on bullet weight, has about 6-8 times the kinetic energy of a 22lr.
Secondly, No, 22lr is not the same as 'handgun' bullets- handguns come in many different calibers, so lumping all handguns into a category similar to 22lr is disingenuous at best.
Third, ammunition of the same caliber is interchangeable. So called "assault weapons" don't take one kind of bullet, as compared to "hunting rifles"- the same hollow-point .223 ammunition used in a hunting rifle is just fine for an AR-15, and vice-versa.
Police use hollow-point ammunition because it is less likely to go through a perpetrator and into someone else. The same applies for those who carry for self-defense. This is also the same ammunition that hunters use when hunting wild game, for similar reasons- it stops inside the animal and stops the animal quicker, with less pain and suffering.
The doctor is correct- he's not a ballistics expert.