Misinterpretation of name of a Civil War bullet (UNCLASSIFIED)

[victor steinbok]

Although it was initially a bit of head-scratcher, my interpretation was the
same. Let me put it differently--you wouldn't use it as an assassin's weapon
at 500 yards, but it would be fine if you're shooting at an attacking
column--it's bound to hit and kill someone. But at 250 yards, you can
actually take out officers rather than random targets.

VS-)

On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

>
> That was inartfully worded, but I took it to mean that a trained
> marksman could hit what he aimed at to 250 yards, but no matter where it
> was aimed, the bullet had sufficient kinetic energy to be deadly out to
> 500 yards.

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