Ralph Mowery posted for all of us...



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Oren wrote:
On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:11:14 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

and my rifles [they're good for home protection]

... just wait until I snatch it from you, slap you and have you sit in
the corner.

Clowns like you can't figure out how far a rifle round travels in the
hallway or small space of a house. Get back to me.

The trouble with rifles is that while (he/she/it) is getting it turned
around to point at me I'll put a full clip into them . And as you say ,
there is that pesky penetration problem .

It all depends on the rifle and ammo. Using 223/556 round int eh evel
assualt rifle with soft point ammo will often not penetrate as much as
many hand guns.

If you have never tried it, set a target out about 20 feet away (
normally about as far as any shot in most homes). Make that target a
sheet of cardboard. Then about a foot behind it, set another piece of
cardboard. The bullet will hit the first cardboard, come apart and the
second piece will look like it was hit with a shotgun. Those fragments
have very little enegery left. In a house something similar will hapen.
It will hit the first piece of wall and break up. The handgun bullets
will penetrate several layers of wall.

Could you cite the origin of this info?

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Tekkie