can a 7.62 cartridge pass through walls

[SlowSpyder]

My gun uses a 7.62 x 54. My buddies gun uses a 7.62 x 51. And also very common is a 7.62 x 39. And there are probably more 7.62's then that, I'm no expert.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: Summitdrinker
5.56 do not tumble thumbo as much as people think

maybe we should watch this fanbottle dude

he never drink beer, beer and guns do not mix for newbies of either

Tumbling is a common term that most people understand. In reality, the 5.56 tends to "yaw" inside human flesh (or ballistics gel) creating a larger wound channel than if it stayed dead on course.

And there isn't much you could hide behind that would provide you adequate cover from a 7.62x51mm (.308 Win.) While certain a concrete wall 6 inches thick will stop it, that's around the bare minimum. A full metal jacket round will easily penetrate 1" of regular (non-hardened) steel. There is no place behind a car that would shelter you from a .308. Standard brick, or cinder block walls have 0 chance of stopping a FMJ .308.

OF course there is a place behind a car that would shelter you from a .308, it's called hide behind the engine.

Don't bet your life on that. An FMJ .308 would penetrate every part of the engine aside from the actual block. An AP .308... all bets are off.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Lalakai
as someone noted above, depends on projectile type/construction. armour piercing round should be able to penetrate masonary brick wall fairly easily. Standard ball ammo might have trouble as it would "mushroom" and spread the force of the impact. Armour piercing is constructed to shed its skin as it penetrates, keeping it's core intact and the kinetic energy moving forward in a tightly focused point.

sounds like a good myth buster episode though

Standard ball (FMJ) ammo can easily piercing brick walls. AP ammo can pierce 2" of steel, or 1" hardened steel. Ball ammo doesn't mushroom or expand.

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: jjones

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: JoePa
My bet is on the cartridge staying in the gun.

The cartridge would eject after it's been fired.

Might be bolt action.

I was poking fun at him

And we're all poking fun at the OP

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Which 7.62. Thats the bullet, but there are so many versions of the casing lenghts behind it.

EIther way, I think they'll all pass through it no problem unless they hit a solid wood stud or something.

i have put a 7.62X39 thru a 4" or 6" concrete wall of an old bunker before (it was old, may have been weakened by age and weather tho). that was the old chinese fmj steel core rounds tho, the russian hollow tips wont go thru it. this was at 20 or so yards. it was pretty cool, it left the jacket on the outside of the wall and the steel core stuck in the opposite wall inside. i wish i had kept a half crate of those chinese rounds, im too lazy to look up places to get those again.

other notable things they will go thru... turntable, washer weights, car doors, Kmart gun safes, 18" stuffed barney dolls, kegs, jeep seats, tires, 21" TVs and people. the people one im assuming, the others have been tested.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

I know 7.62x39 will go through a hard drive spindle.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Which 7.62. Thats the bullet, but there are so many versions of the casing lenghts behind it.

EIther way, I think they'll all pass through it no problem unless they hit a solid wood stud or something.

i have put a 7.62X39 thru a 4" or 6" concrete wall of an old bunker before (it was old, may have been weakened by age and weather tho). that was the old chinese fmj steel core rounds tho, the russian hollow tips wont go thru it. this was at 20 or so yards. it was pretty cool, it left the jacket on the outside of the wall and the steel core stuck in the opposite wall inside. i wish i had kept a half crate of those chinese rounds, im too lazy to look up places to get those again.

other notable things they will go thru... turntable, washer weights, car doors, Kmart gun safes, 18" stuffed barney dolls, kegs, jeep seats, tires, 21" TVs and people. the people one im assuming, the others have been tested.

http://ammunitiontogo.com/cata...94d50d32d7e2e338e6d2f4

Have fun.

 

[hanoverphist]

woohoo! lol thanks

 

[hanoverphist]

holy canolis, i remember complaining about the price going to 40 cents a round... used to be able to pick those up at gun shows for 22 cents a round, its been a long time since ive bought rounds. i still have about a 1/4 crate of the russian ones still. got those for 15 cents a round (by the crate) back about 6 or 7 years ago.

 

[Rustler]

I have some steel core chineese ammo that will go thru mild steel I am sure it would penetrate some block walls.

 

[phoenix79]

Originally posted by: SlowSpyder
My gun uses a 7.62 x 54. My buddies gun uses a 7.62 x 51. And also very common is a 7.62 x 39. And there are probably more 7.62's then that, I'm no expert.

Don't forget the 7.62x25 (very fun pistol ammo)

 

[Rustler]

That ammo is 7.62x39.

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: fanbottle
can it?

can rifle cartridges penetrate through walls or is this all shens?

As noted, shens. They don't bury the survivors either.

 

[YoungGun21]

Originally posted by: halik
are you throwing the cartridge at the wall?

Thats what I thought he meant.

 

[Summitdrinker]

there are MANY 30 cal cartridges, but I think some of the east block ones are slightly bigger dia than the western side of things

beer addictive?

 

[imported_FishTaco]

Concealment does not equal cover. 19 minutes of guns, grenades and rockets being shot at stuff.

http://video.google.com/videop...d=-6464268208010199091

 

[TuxDave]

I dunno... what size barrel are you shooting it out of?