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		AdrianB1 on Jan 22, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thousands of Turks accused of using Bylock app des... You are making a huge confusion if you thing .223 is still .22; the mass of the bullet is bigger, the energy is way bigger (disclosure: I am a shooting range instructor when I am not an IT guy)

dsfyu404ed on Jan 22, 2018 [–]

But it's still a .22 caliber though. That caliber by itself isn't a very good indicator of ballistics is exactly the point.

Are you going to tell me that .30-06 isn't a "30 cal" because it's way hotter than .30 carbine?

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