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AR15/10 Rifles
Doubting what I saw at the LGS
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<blockquote data-quote="Mach 1" data-source="post: 1463907" data-attributes="member: 104202"><p>A 220 swift or 22-250 Docent hold a candle to the penetration of an old black tip armour piercing bullet. I've shot and reloaded pulled ap bullets in 300 win mags 300 wsm 30-06 and 308 win. A 220 swift is like a gnat on an elephants *** when it strikes 3/8 thick ar500 or ar550 steel while an actual ap bullet loaded in a mildly slow 308 win will slice right through the steel after shedding the copper jacket. As long as the ap bullet dosent hit something and tumble before impact the lathed turned penetrating core in 30 cal will stick 3/4 of an inch into a 1 in mild steel plate when shot outs of a 300 win mag. Old ww2 black tip ap bullets have a lathe turned penetrating care that is about 780 on the rockwell scale if i remember right. I have picked up and dug out penetrator cores after going through a 3/8 ar500 plate steel plate, a bag of quickcrete and lodged in a big stump. A 220 swift wont even dent a 3/8 ar500 piece of plate steel. I have used a ap core for a center punch for years, they may crack but they will not mushroom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mach 1, post: 1463907, member: 104202"] A 220 swift or 22-250 Docent hold a candle to the penetration of an old black tip armour piercing bullet. I've shot and reloaded pulled ap bullets in 300 win mags 300 wsm 30-06 and 308 win. A 220 swift is like a gnat on an elephants *** when it strikes 3/8 thick ar500 or ar550 steel while an actual ap bullet loaded in a mildly slow 308 win will slice right through the steel after shedding the copper jacket. As long as the ap bullet dosent hit something and tumble before impact the lathed turned penetrating core in 30 cal will stick 3/4 of an inch into a 1 in mild steel plate when shot outs of a 300 win mag. Old ww2 black tip ap bullets have a lathe turned penetrating care that is about 780 on the rockwell scale if i remember right. I have picked up and dug out penetrator cores after going through a 3/8 ar500 plate steel plate, a bag of quickcrete and lodged in a big stump. A 220 swift wont even dent a 3/8 ar500 piece of plate steel. I have used a ap core for a center punch for years, they may crack but they will not mushroom. [/QUOTE]
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