Turns out paramedics don't go out of their way to clean up before they leave.
They don't, they'll take the body and the major parts, but the property owner is left to figure out the rest, usually hiring a company specializing in it. Someone made an interesting thread here on the forums about doing that for a living.
Once i had a wicked hang fire with one of my .45 colt reloads.
Hangfires are the scariest malfunction to me. I remember Ian describing a friend of his having a hangfire with Turkish 7.92mm in a Mauser, and it popped off exactly as he turned the bolt open, lost a few fingers from that. I've never had one, but I'm paranoid enough to always let a dud sit for a while.
Iraqveteran1488 is looking rough these days and the glasses do not help one bit.
I've always been kinda confused why most western militaries insist on having the SAW in the same calibre as the riflemen. If you want rapid fire capability in your squad, just put a proper LMG there with 7.62 NATO /54R. It's not that big of a hassle.
Both have their advantages and tradeoffs. The full powered GPMG gives barrier penetration, and it also gives some extra reach to the squad in the same way a DMR does, I don't think we'll ever move away from having this class of weapon for centuries.
Intermediate caliber MGs are a bit of a different thing, you don't get all that range or the barrier penetration, but you can carry SO much more ammo, and it's VERY easy to move and maneuver with one, with the intermediate caliber support weapon you can more or less move and fight like a rifleman in a moment's notice. You can move and fire with a 7.62mm MG too, but it's not as quick and easy because the gun is much bigger and heavier, and it recoils more.
I don't think this class of weapon is as critical as the GPMG (and it would never fully replace it), but I think it has genuine merit and is very valuable for the right people, the Navy SEALs really loved the Stoner 63 in its belt-fed configuration, for instance.
I am still unconvinced that the .277 cartridge or the respective guns will have an enduring future, FullSpectrum described the XM250 the best in his post. These are just not smart concepts, and reality can only be ignored for so long.
Neither was the NCR Service Rifle, they were all 5.56mm, only the unique Survivalist's Rifle was .50 caliber (which could be either .50 Action Express or .50 Beowulf).