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Dude, I'm not talking about using an M-16 with full-metal-jacketed rounds, here. It's a .22 rimfire. One step up from a friggin' BB gun.
I use .22 birdshot. Have you ever used it? It's not really effective on birds, but it works well on large insects. In fact, that's probably the ONLY thing you could kill with it.
Usually I only ever shoot at the bees I can't reach with a flyswatter. Since they nest in roof eaves, and those are usually higher than my arms' reach...
Swatting them, however, is much better on your cardiovascular system. Like a batter trying to bat a ball that changes speed and direction randomly, and can hover for a moment before changing course.
It's fun. Especially when they get mad.
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Yeah, and if I'm not mistaken, an M16 bullet goes WAY faster than a standard rifle bullet. Speed's a lot more important than caliber, if you're trying to kill someone. Sure, the higher caliber makes you bleed more, but the speed gives more kinetic energy. As kinetic energy is 1/2mv^2, with twice the speed, you get four times the energy. Since the human body is composed mainly of water, and that's not compressible, if you absorb that much kinetic energy, it's gonna set up a nice little shockwave in your body. Bye-bye, higher brain functions.
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[This message has been edited by Omega (edited October 11, 2000).]
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Tickles them gamely between their abdomen and thorax, I'd imagine.
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Generally, it kills them, the same way as shot from a shotgun would kill a bird or small mammal, through multiple small shot penetrations. Just on a smaller scale, coz it's birdshot and bees.
Sometimes, though, at close range, it vaporizes them.
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Noooo. It doesn't kill them. We can't have children learning that tearing great big holes in living things kills them. It might warp their fragile little minds.
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