[schapman43]

I posted a while back about shooting some bullet resistant glass. Well I finally took some pics. They're not the greatest because there isnt much light in the garage. I will try to get some better ones tomorrow. The glass is going to be inlayed in a coffee table that will be put in my den.

http://www.cheyennepaintball.com/images/guns/DSC02057.JPG

http://www.cheyennepaintball.com/images/guns/DSC02058.JPG

http://www.cheyennepaintball.com/images/guns/DSC02061.JPG

[duckfoot]

cool:D

[WhoKnowsWho]

Neat.

Where did you get the glass and how much was it?

[Nightfall]

That will be one neat coffee table.

[willyjixx]

what are the legs? old garand stocks? you gonna make a matching remote using cocobola 1911 grips:D

[schapman43]

Sorry guys, here is my original post. It will answer allot of your questions.

I had a chance yesturday to shoot at some bullet resistant glass with a .22LR 10/22, a Ruger GP100 6" barrel .357 Mag, and a Ruger Redhawk 5.5" Barrel .44 Mag. The glass is simply amazing! We started with the smallest caliber and worked our way up.

The bullet resistant glass that were were shooting at is made up of a 1/2" piece of Lexan with a 1/4" piece of tempered safety glass laminated on both sides of it. The piece that we shot at was about 2'x3'. All shots were taken at 20 yards

Ruger 10/22
The first shot was taken with a Ruger 10/22 using Aguilla high velocity ammo. As expected the shot really didnt do much. It did crack the tempered glass on both sides of the Lexan but that was it. The Lexan was barely scratched.

Ruger GP100 6" .357 Magnum
The second shot was taken with a Ruger GP100 with a 6" barrel using Winchester Jacketed Soft Point 158gr ammo. This did a bit more damage. A 2" area of the glass was blown away and a crater was left in the Lexan portion.

Ruger Redhawk 5.5" .44 Magnum
This is where things got fun. The third shot was taken with a Ruger Redhawk with a 5.5" barrel in .44 Magnum. I used Remington 240gr jacketed soft point ammo. This ammo blew holes right through the glass leaving a large hole. I recovered a slug that had mushroomed very nicely. This gun ammo combination was the only thing that we had out that went through the glass. Even after the glass was chewed to pieces with the .44 Mag the .357 Mag wouldnt penetrate.

We went on to try a few other things like round nose .38's which only blew away the top portion of safty glass leaving the lexan virtually untouched. The generic 240gr jacketed hollow points out of the .44 usually came apart in the lexan leaving chunks of the jackent embedded in it.

All in all it was a really good time. I think I may try making my own bullet proof glass and seeing how it performs. I was really amazed at how well the glass stood up to the .357 Mag and hollow points out of the .44 Mag. I would have liked to try some .45acp, and 9mm on it. I dont believe they would have done any better than the .357 though. I would feel very safe behind the glass when an attacker was yielding a .357 or anything smaller.

I will do my best to get some pics up in the next few days. I am going to hang whats left of the glass in my den.

[JPM63US]

I went to a local glass store a couple of years ago - they had a nice display of their products with various projectiles embedded in them. I think they make those partitions at banks and other paranoid offices.

Fun to look at while I waited.

JPM

[Combat-wombat]

Cool!