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Old 04-08-2014, 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueStreak View Post
I see. And generally, an interior wall is only going to have two sheets of drywall between rooms. Of course a slug would penetrate even further.

Still, I'm thinking the energy loss passing through each layer would be greater with scattered buckshot than with a single bullet. I imagine, say a 30-06 or .38 round would have penetrated all twelve layers and hit the bottle.

See what I'm getting at?

Dave
.223 rounds do not penetrate as deep as a slug or buckshot because when the bullet hits the energy is lost quicker. Plus, bullets mushroom and tumble where a solid ball of lead deforms but keeps going. No doubt a round of 00 will end a threat instantly but you need to be so careful of your backdrop

30-06 is not an "assault weapon" caliber but I could only imagine the penetration would be massive.

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