• skillissuer
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    5 months ago

    modern loadings do that, but the original loadings were black powder and had energy comparable with today’s 5.56. 5.56 still has much less recoil because it’s lighter

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      5 months ago

      Ah, smokeless powder! Ensuring mankind has more power than we know what to do with since the late 19th century.