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Old 05-04-2011, 06:28 PM   #765
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Originally Posted by blake-b View Post
My money is on an M4 or something similar. I have seen people shot in the head with a 40 cal pistol. Very little structural damage. Reports said he was shot above the left eye and there was substantial damage done. I assume that to be the exit wound. A 5.56 or larger has the capability to do that, not a 9mm. I have never seen anyone clear a room with a pistol if a long gun was available. Unless there was some sort of malfunction with the long gun...

Where did you hear this?
CNN had a video on the weapon being suddenly more popular now that it's been determined as the one used to kill Bin Laden. Perhaps he was shot from the side of the head / left eye and out the front where it would've caused more damage and still killed him?
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