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Why one cop carries 145 rounds of ammo on the job

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JW-E154:
I will never say how many I carry on duty, Just know I am always prepared for the wolf.

GreyGeek:
The  OP reminded me of an article I read which stated that each terrorist shot in Iraq required firing 50,000 rounds of ammo.  I can believe it.  All I have to do is watch the following video of a patrol in Afghanistan.  The guy with the camera is just sticking his AR-15 over the wall and sending off 20 rounds.  It is obvious that he can't see what he is shooting at nor does he even know where his bullets are hitting.  The dust clouds everything.  They must be making a lot of use of "suppressive fire".


Watching clips of the Syrian war shows soldiers on both sides doing the same thing ... spraying bullets  down range.   Only the snipers seem to use "one shot - one kill" ....   until you see a sniper using a semi-auto .50 cal.

RedDot:
I still have trouble believing the perp wasn't on something. I would assume the cop was using some sort of HP and that many .45 rounds should have shattered bones and "jellied" the whole chest cavity.  I can only assume the toxicology was inadvertantly done on a sample of the transfused blood still in the guy.

sjwsti:

--- Quote from: RedDot on May 03, 2013, 11:06:14 PM ---I still have trouble believing the perp wasn't on something. I would assume the cop was using some sort of HP and that many .45 rounds should have shattered bones and "jellied" the whole chest cavity.  I can only assume the toxicology was inadvertantly done on a sample of the transfused blood still in the guy.

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I dont think its hard to believe at all. Could the toxicology test have missed something? Its possible. Its also possible that his guy was just one bad dude. Ive got numerous documented accounts of very similar incidents were the BG was stone sober and continued to fight, despite numerous fatal injuries, right up to the point were their body gave out.
We read about military personell doing similar things in combat. Are they "on something"? 

Handgun bullets, including HP, only make holes. There is only a small secondary wound cavity (lateral energy) produced with any handgun caliber you will carry (no jelly). High velocity wounds are very different and you need to get over aprox 2200 FPS before you see severe secondary cavity wounding.

Caliber alone wont save you if you cross paths with a guy like this. Sergeant Gramins’ used a number of skills to survive and win. Mindset, point shooting, movement, use of cover, reloads, eventually being able to transition to sighted fire to make headshots, plus a little bit of luck. How many of us are really prepared to perform like this outside the sterile confines of a square range? Are you training to fight or just practicing to shoot?

- Shawn

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