The answer to a question I never thought to ask

[okietool]

Subsonic 5.7by 28

 

[okierider]

Why would you want a small rifle bullet traveling at pistol velocity.... Seems to be taking away the whole reason that this round is cool .

 

[osupoke]

Why would you want a small rifle bullet traveling at pistol velocity.... Seems to be taking away the whole reason that this round is cool .

Right? Couldn’t you just run subsonic .22 LR at that point?

 

[rockchalk06]

Right? Couldn’t you just run subsonic .22 LR at that point?

A whole lot cheaper too

 

[PanhandleGlocker]

Still trying to figure out the huge appeal a 5.7 has.

Other than I hear you can use most .22lr cans with it. What’s the other cool factor?

 

[Dumpstick]

Still trying to figure out the huge appeal a 5.7 has.

Other than I hear you can use most .22lr cans with it. What’s the other cool factor?

That it will defeat most soft body armor.

That's pretty much what it was designed to do.

 

[rockchalk06]

Still trying to figure out the huge appeal a 5.7 has.

Other than I hear you can use most .22lr cans with it. What’s the other cool factor?

Capacity and penetration.

I had an 16" AR upper that took the 50 round FN mags. It was like shooting a 22mag super. Absofregginlutly lethal on a Pdog town.

Ammo was 30-40 cents a shot in 2002ish and that killed it for me. I could buy and load 223 quality ammo for less than that

 

[diggler1833]

Cool for a range toy, but I'd probably leave it at that.

Someone should test to see if a subsonic 5.7x28 can still defeat soft body armor.