On the Desert Eagle in general, one thing to keeop in mind, and it's a big factor... the grip is huge. I can't reach all the way around with any finger and touch my thumb. The slide release needs two hands for most people to operate. I have to pull the slide back with one hand to get get the pressure of off the lever. For a combat handgun, it has a lot of flaws. For a hunting handgun there are probably no semi-autos I'd trust over it. The 50 AE and 44 compare about the same ballistcally, but on a boar hunt, my dad (44) dropped his with 2 shots. The other guy (50AE) had to reload the magazine while running from the pig after he had hit it 6 times. Three were solid hits they just didn't penetrate well enough to do what needed to be done. Part of it was bullet design, but part was the factory rounds were underloaded for what the round, and gun can handle. Big handguns scare shooters.

On the M-16. I agree they are trying to get back into the trend of aiming. In 1988, they only let us fire on fully auto in basic one time. But I was thinking about the philosophy that occured back in the 60's when the change was made. Also, I wasn't saying that the weapons that use the 5.56 round aren't accurate, just that the shooters aren't really encouraged to use the accuracy available.

The p-90 fires a tiny little bullet a little bigger around than a 5.56 and with a case about 1/2 as long. Velocity is about 3/4 that of the 5.56 as well. Every description I've ever seen of this gun included the line, " It was developed for that 2/3 of the military whose primary duty is something other than firing a weapon", or something to that effect. Basically, it's the weapon to be issued to the file clerks, the truck drivers, etc. It probably can penetrate very well, I just wonder how much damage it could really do given it's small size.

Getting back to where this tangent split off. It seems unlikely to me that they would plan on a low penetration bullet for an assassination. Even if it were one that could somehow break up and disolve in the body, there would seem to be too great a risk that it wouldn't get the job done.

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