The original question was dumb. Hence the responses you got. Triple the bullet weight makes a big difference. Square cube law applies all over the place.
Fred reads from outer edge of web ban now for however many days... so, his ignore button won't work on me for now.
My prius comment vs 223 is , well, some of us know Dallas used a 50 to stop a vehicle.
My comment on 223 and glass is countered by Portland using a 338 Lapua.
Both heavy weapons were the only option in those cases, and handicapping a sniper with a 223 or fast light super accurate PRS platform isn't the answer to sniper needs.
As to a sniper using a 223 50-55-62 grain for open air shots, ok. Our patrol officers with a patrol rifle would be first in line to handle this AND there are a number of recorded incidents with a 223 that stopped the subject. My dept has contributed to that record...
My entry team members with 11.5" suppressed 223 are trained and deadly to 200 yards, with around half the team demonstrating head hit accuracy in training.
That's definitely not for everybody, they didn't get that good from the average level of US LE training. Not everybody has the options for training that some of us have.
And that's a shame bc the people/citizens deserve better, however, the citizens get what their elected politicians give them. That's a rant on my part....pols give us .....
It's bad when mild sarcasm can be taken as condescending, and it's bad when an answer is broken down to the simplest terms so the dumbest rock can understand it, and is taken for condescending.
One learns to simplify for the rock testifying in court and teaching open classes. Is what it is.
Fred took offense. Fred "took" offense, rather than water off a ducks back. He chose to take offense, didn't have to. That's on him. Choose your poison.
Not my problem or concern, until the callout, and negotiations fail, then, if my partner is faster than me, still not my concern.
My wife read the comments and compared the responses to the liberal pantywaist shit she sees on X, sed somebody needed big boy panties and not to play in the sand box if their mangina was so sensitive.
Such is life.