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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
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
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They also tend to "tumble" when they hit bone thus destroying far more flesh, a doctor was on CNN explaining one victim in the hospital was hit in the wrist but the bullet was found in his shoulder. And the .223 is just one of many rounds for the AR-15.