Home Protection Gun Penetration Testing
BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 8 months ago
Paul Harrell is up first.
One thing we learn from this is that you need to hit your intended target to achieve slow-down and energy dump. Walls can be very little protection, depending upon the choice of gun and round. Next up, Shawn Ryan.
His presentation, along with Paul’s above, shows that an AR-15 is a bad choice for home defense if there is a possibility of hitting nearby (neighbor) homes. Rifle rounds have a lot of penetrating ability.
Shawn’s presentation shows that personal defense rounds dump enough energy in the target, interior and exterior walls that persons who may be in other locations outside the home would be safe.
This all points to pistol caliber PDW (pistol carbines) being the safest gun to shoot in neighborhoods, since the lower muzzle velocity combined with the hollow nose and walls give enough energy to kill the intruder but not enough to cause penetration through exterior walls, while also providing the aiming of a rifle.
But the moral of the story is to hit your target. That’s where the energy gets deposited.
On March 2, 2020 at 9:33 pm, Frank said:
Reid Henrichs actually shoots up a house to test an AR, AK, and pistol in this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbdmQ5IN2j0
On March 3, 2020 at 3:35 pm, Fred said:
This is Harrell’s most informative vid so far, at least for me. So, whether you want, or don’t want penetration, the info is here is excellent.
On March 4, 2020 at 6:17 pm, Jay Dee said:
I loaded the 100 grain half jacket bullet originally intended for the M1 Carbine onto the 7.62 NATO case. My HK-91 ran fine with this oddball load. Velocity was spectacular and penetration was minimal.