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AR15 rounds go about 3x faster than a .45. what this does is open a large wound channel through its shock wave and in the case of 55grain bullets they tend to tumble and fragment when hitting objects causing more damage. their nasty little things, but its stupid to call out the AR specifically. any standard rifle round is going to fuck you up. this also comes down to hallow points. even a 9mm round going 1300fps (vs 3200fps for a 5.56) with a hallow point will do serious damage. infact because the 9mm wont really tumble they tend to go through more objects than the 5.56. this can actually make the ar15 be more viable for home defense than a handgun since you dont have to worry about collateral damage as much.

Mr_Biscuit posted...

My question from there, though, is what kind of clip size are we talking about between, say, a guy firing a single action revolver really fast vs a guy firing an AR15 really fast?

magazine size when it comes to a lot of guns is largely superficial when you can reload fast or bring more magazines. you do have to pause, but even thats about 1-2 seconds to do so. even revolvers with some practice can be fast to reload.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anZ2Q2LWTv8
(and this guy isnt even that fast)

when it comes to aiming and at the distance most of these situations happen at it doesnt take much to get big results.