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Originally Posted by speede5
I'm no expert but, and somone can elaborate on this, Rifles and pistols are very different in accuracy, velocity, and effect.
I don't know a good analogy, but a pistol is brute force stopping power, Like getting hit is the face with a bat. A rifle shot will go right through you and keep going. They are both lethal for different reasons.
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Pistols aren't really brute force. Pretty much all the popular pistol cartridges 9mm, 40S&W, 45ACP are subsonic rounds meaning they travel below the speed of sound. The main "advantage" of a pistol over a rifle is size and concealment.
The AR15 cartridges (.223) as far as rifles are concerned, aren't all that powerful either. They are only barely larger than a .22 as the name suggests. The main difference is velocity. 3300 fps for the .223 vs 1200 fps for the .22