[OT] [I mean totally OT] Re: What can you "new"

[BCS]

Hello Andrei,

> BCS wrote:
> 
>> IIRC the 7.62 NATO doesn't have that much penetration (more than the
>> 5.56), enough to do in an Orc, but I don't think it would get the
>> next in line, particularly if the Orc in question has armor on his
>> back.
>> 
> Not enough penetration to do in an Orc? I haven't read the book, but
> the movie suggested Orcs were rather penetrable by the arrows and
> swords of the humans.
> 

Oh it would penetrate the first orc just fine, but meat is a lot of water 
and does a dandy job of stopping bullets. I know a guy who retrieved a 30-06 
round (same bullet as the 7.62 but with a slightly bigger charge behind it) 
from a deer after a classic side shoot so a deer is thick enough to stop 
a bullet and I aspect that an orc is thinker.