.223 is a "high caliber"?
Yeah - struck me too.
They always give the gun stories to the most firearm-ignorant people on the staff, it seems.
I'm sure they meant "High Power"...
That's what I thought when Uncle Sam handed me one of those things. I wondered if the Army was serious about killing men with a squirrel gun. Unfortunately, they were.
Yep, too damn small to deer hunt with, but way too dangerous for us reg'lur folks.
Have you ever read a news story that mentions a rifle and doesn't call it "high powered" or "high caliber"? I guess reporters just make stuff up, thinking that fictional elements of their story will add drama.