And for all who are interested, I took a picture of the hole punch.
Carnage, Version 2.0 (shot through 1/4" steel plate)
Just in case there was any doubt, I won't be firing AP rounds in my back yard anymore, at least not on that scale. And at my range, several miles of uninhabited wilderness should work quite well as a "backstop".
And for all who are interested, I took a picture of the hole punch.
And for all who are interested, I took a picture of the hole punch.
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bigbob12345
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i dont think I have any of those im gong to need to buy some hardened steel from mcmaster or harden some myself.
I am surprised that it was affected so little by the impact I know it is hardened steel but when you are dealing with those types of forces you would expect a little more flattening at the tip and bendage.
I am surprised that it was affected so little by the impact I know it is hardened steel but when you are dealing with those types of forces you would expect a little more flattening at the tip and bendage.
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Jared Haehnel
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Must have been a soft steel plate....
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Jared Haehnel
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Thats is incredible performance. I still can't get over it 8)
30-06, 7mm(FMJ), .308(FMJ), .303(FMJ), .416... just to name a few calibers would all be able to replicate this performance... not to mention .50 caliber perhaps not the BMG but there are other .50 rounds that are used in Europe that may be legal in Canada.
If these calibers are illegal in Canada I'm sorry...
I'm not acquainted with Canadian Firearms laws but...You can however, realize that no firearm ammunition capable of doing this is available in my entire country.
30-06, 7mm(FMJ), .308(FMJ), .303(FMJ), .416... just to name a few calibers would all be able to replicate this performance... not to mention .50 caliber perhaps not the BMG but there are other .50 rounds that are used in Europe that may be legal in Canada.
If these calibers are illegal in Canada I'm sorry...
Where does he say that? It looks like soft plate to me...no it wasn't! if i have got it right it is hardened steel plate!
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MaxuS the 2nd
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Wow, that's really impressive.
1/2" next.
1/2" next.
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SpudFarm
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i have shot a .50 sniper at 1000 yards on the wall of a mountain. there are big chunks of the mountain falling in the river below:)Jared Haehnel wrote:Thats is incredible performance. I still can't get over it 8)
I'm not acquainted with Canadian Firearms laws but...You can however, realize that no firearm ammunition capable of doing this is available in my entire country.
30-06, 7mm(FMJ), .308(FMJ), .303(FMJ), .416... just to name a few calibers would all be able to replicate this performance... not to mention .50 caliber perhaps not the BMG but there are other .50 rounds that are used in Europe that may be legal in Canada.
If these calibers are illegal in Canada I'm sorry...
Where does he say that? It looks like soft plate to me...no it wasn't! if i have got it right it is hardened steel plate!
i also shot a tracer into the river and there was redglowing shrapnel going up in every direction. i think ALL .50 ammo would have done that easily.
and i think he said it in "the world of spuds today" thread.
None of the bar stock available at my hardware store could scratch it, meaning that it was harder than the bar stock. This probably means it was normalized, or tempered. I wouldn't be surprised at either one, but it definitely wasn't annealed.
None of those calibers would have made a hole 9/16" across, other than the .50, and no non-armor piercing rounds leave a perfectly clean hole like that.
None of those calibers would have made a hole 9/16" across, other than the .50, and no non-armor piercing rounds leave a perfectly clean hole like that.
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Jared Haehnel
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Your right all .50's would however the .50 BMG round is not legal in europe. I do not know Canadian firearms laws but IF the .50 BMG round is illegal...which it is in California there is other .50 caliber rounds rounds that are just as good which would also do the job nicely. Alot of .50 rounds are steel core and are similar in characteristics to a AP roundi think ALL .50 ammo would have done that easily
None of those calibers would have made a hole 9/16" across, other than the .50, and no non-armor piercing rounds leave a perfectly clean hole like that.
Good point I hadn't thought of that...sorry..
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Ah.... your shed finally takes a round. And after all this time thinking it was safe... 
Good job on the shot. What kind of hole punch is that? Do you mean a center punch or is there some other kind of tool you are referring to?
Good job on the shot. What kind of hole punch is that? Do you mean a center punch or is there some other kind of tool you are referring to?
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Hailfire753
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No freakin WAI!!! HoLy CrAp!
love it.
And sheez, keep it low.If the gov found out about this they would have all the more reason to ban spudding.
love it.
And sheez, keep it low.If the gov found out about this they would have all the more reason to ban spudding.
UPDATED MARCH '08
field-legal paintball semi
field-legal paintball semi
Yeah, it was a center punch, I just wrote it wrong.
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Lentamentalisk
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I second Jared, definitely at least confine the end of the barrel and plate in tons of sandbags. A ricochet would be the epitome of bad...
edit: oops didnt see the 3rd page... none the less, the advice holds.
edit: oops didnt see the 3rd page... none the less, the advice holds.
Do not look back, and grieve over the past, for it is gone;
Do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come;
Live life in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering.
Do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come;
Live life in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering.