[tom kelly]

The BAR is an old weapons platform, It is heavy, the ammunition, .3006 is deadly a 168 grain bullet at @2850 ft/sec. & with a 20 round mag. chances are the intended target will absorb multiple hits. Personal experience as a SF medic in Vietnam showed me that enemy personnel that were engaged in a firefight were usually shot @ 4 or 5 rounds from a full auto burst from a BAR, The survival rate was 0% usually they were DOA by the time I reached the person shot, If they were still alive, Technically, a pulse, shallow breathing their time until they expired was 1 to 5 minutes. The weapon and the 20 round box mags. were heavy; But that was what you would want in a firefight. 3 to5 Strike Force "Chinese nungs were a game changer. TK