>>Apparently the cartridge tumbles on the M-16 which causes a tremendous amount of damage inside the body.
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>Doug;
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>That is correct and leads to the question - how accurate can a projectile be that is tumbling at a muzzle velocity of 3200FPS? Just don't be in the path.
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Actually the M-16 projectile does not tumble until it hits something. It is tail heavy to make it do that on impact.