{"id":44,"date":"2007-06-19T14:19:16","date_gmt":"2007-06-19T19:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/consumermaven.wordpress.com\/2007\/06\/19\/steel-penetration-of-223-bullets\/"},"modified":"2023-12-28T17:04:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T22:04:49","slug":"steel-penetration-of-223-bullets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/2007\/06\/steel-penetration-of-223-bullets\/","title":{"rendered":"Steel Penetration of .223 bullets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is what happens when you shoot 5\/16″ mild steel plate with various rifle rounds from 25 yards.<\/p>\n

On the left is a 69 grain BTHP .223 with a velocity of roughly 2600fps; it fails to penetrate the plate.\u00a0 Next is the impact from a 55 grain FMJ .223 (about 3100fps) which punches clean through.\u00a0 I even found the divot it knocked out, which I placed below the hole for the picture.\u00a0 On the far right is the hole left by a 150gr FMJ .308 bullet.<\/p>\n

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Here is a view from the back of the plate.<\/p>\n

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On this angled view you can see the size of the divot, and also the dent made by the round that failed to penetraate.<\/p>\n

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Here is the side view.<\/p>\n

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