#4278923 - 07/14/16 01:16 PM
Re: Can a near miss from a 50 cal still harm you?
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Must have thought the vapor trail was lethal or something. It's more of a "thud-crack" to me 
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#4278976 - 07/14/16 04:45 PM
Re: Can a near miss from a 50 cal still harm you?
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There's just simply not enough mass in a .50 round for the shockwave following to do any real damage if it comes close to you...
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#4278987 - 07/14/16 05:17 PM
Re: Can a near miss from a 50 cal still harm you?
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Although you have to remember, where there's one .50 cal he probably has friends playing follow the leader. Those might hurt.
Scully: Victim died of multiple stab wounds.
Mulder: *throws her a file* Ever heard of the knife alien?
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#4279275 - 07/15/16 04:31 PM
Re: Can a near miss from a 50 cal still harm you?
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Sounds a lot like the nonsense attributed to the 5.56x45 round, if I had a nickel for every time I've heard someone say stuff like you can shoot someone in the ankle and it'll come out at the hip or shoulder, blah blah blah, I could hold my own powerball lottery.
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#4279300 - 07/15/16 05:56 PM
Re: Can a near miss from a 50 cal still harm you?
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It was designed to tumble and wound, that way you can kill the medic! Stupid-as-hell urban myths abound in the gun world, way too many treat it like a knitting circle versus a skill to learn/refine. It's why I avoid "gun people" unless I know them and know they're competent 
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Mulder: *throws her a file* Ever heard of the knife alien?
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#4279370 - 07/15/16 08:34 PM
Re: Can a near miss from a 50 cal still harm you?
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I hate that term.
Is not a "near miss" actually a hit? If it nearly missed, it hit.
Shouldn't it be a near hit? Or a close miss?
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#4279382 - 07/15/16 09:04 PM
Re: Can a near miss from a 50 cal still harm you?
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A hit is a hit and and miss is a miss. Near hit implies you hit the target but not in the intended critical area. Near miss is a miss that was damn close to hitting.
Scully: Victim died of multiple stab wounds.
Mulder: *throws her a file* Ever heard of the knife alien?
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