Thread: New Defence Force rifles need firing pins replaced

Re the .223-round, it was chosen for a bunch of reasons mentioned here already; to wound as mentioned;and tie-up more resources, again as mentioned ,for weight of ammo and ability to carry more, plus a lot of pressure from other countries to standardise (for obvious reasons). I dont think they even considered the long-range effect of tumbling projo's, on size of wound-channels etc., as pointed-out on here also. There was a general mindset, that conflicts were going to be more close-up and personal (fek knows why) and they got proved wrong in the Middle-East, with longer range needed. It surprises me that they've stayed with the caliber, as they were openly discussing the need to go back to a larger caliber. Other countries have already done just that, I guess they dont want to turn up at a "Venue", with the Wrong-Bat