by Scott Creighton
Candice Owens 25 minute mark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBkFkg4UNY8&t=1882s
5.56 and .223 are very similar but not exactly the same with 5.56 NATO round being more accurate over a 100 yard range.
The 5.56 Hornady round is still a varmint round with high expansion and fragmentation and will shatter on impact, explaining the missing bullet.
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Turns out, they now claim 'grandpa's gun' is a WWII Mauser 98 which is untraceable in terms of it's serial number since back then when soldiers returned with them, no one bothered to register them to the owners. It fires a single 30-06 round chambered one at a time. Bolt action.
Of course the rifling would still be traceable back to a gun if a bullet were found.
However, the Mauser 98 looks very different than the rifle they claim to have found in 'the wooded area' under a bush.
The IDF uses a number of different assault-type weapons which can be accurate up to < 2" in 100 yards. The shot that supposedly killed Charlie Kirk seems to have come from about 130. Very much within the range of something like an IWI Tavor x95 Bullup which fires the 5.56 round and can fire the one I mentioned above which is nearly identical to the Hornady V-Max .223 varmint round the whistle blower witness suggested could have been used.
The IDF service rifle is the IWI Tavor X95