would a manhole cover stop a .50BMG round?

[Quigley]

Mythbusters

Sounds like the Mythbuster guys need to dust off the 50 and put this one to rest!

 

[Bones11b]

Know a guy who claims to use a manhole cover welded to a length of heavy chain hung from a tree branch as a long range reactive target. I say claims only because I have never gone shooting on his land with him, he's an honest person in my experience with him. Will have to ask him how bad a shape that manhole cover is in next time I see him.

 

[Eyesac]

New Thread...

What Manhole cover for .50cal Armor piercing brown bears?

 

[dmftoy1]

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I've got a 10 inch gong with better than 500 plate and I recently shot it with some 8mm (bulgarian I think) that I suspect must've been steel core . . . punched a hole clean through it with no problem.

Mine were bought from www.metalman.com (something like that). I looked at your website. If your plate truly was 500+, then the only reason I can think of why yours went thorugh and mine didn't could be one or more of the follwoing reasons:

1. i use mine on a spinner stand. the plate automatically angles slightly downward. it may be that my rounds hit but part of the force is deflected down.

2. i hit mine too close. (dont do this, it is dangerous and foolish - i didnt know at that time) I shot mine between 600-900 times with 9mm up to 7.62x54R steel core at 30 yards.

3. mine are simply better than yours

My dad can beat up your dad.

Mine are on a spinner as well so they deflect the bullets to the ground. Do you have an 8mm? I can see if I can find some of that ammo for you to give it a try. My targets have held up to ALOT of rifle ammo, but that nasty surplus stuff did it in!

 

[jkingrph]

I don't know about that combinatiion, but a piece of 5/8" boiler plate did not stop a 44gr Barnes hollow point out of a 458Win Mag at 25 yards.

 

[Cannonball888]

Did I hear 5/8" boiler plate?

 

[Prince Yamato]

Q: What'd the Italian who was shot with a 50 bmg round through a manhole cover say?

A: S-P-Q-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARH


EDIT: it helps if you've visited Rome to get this joke...

 

[Hoppy590]

Q: What'd the Italian who was shot with a 50 bmg round through a manhole cover say?

A: S-P-Q-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARH


EDIT: it helps if you've visited Rome to get this joke...

http://www.drainspotting.com/view_photo.php?photoid=2601

i never thought a website about manhole covers would be this usefull!

 

[silverlance]

Do you have an 8mm? I can see if I can find some of that ammo for you to give it a try. My targets have held up to ALOT of rifle ammo, but that nasty surplus stuff did it in!

Oh boy do I. Too many as a matter of fact. K98, M24/47, M48, M48A, VZ24, FN49... sure, send it my way. I've tried Romy 8, yugo 8, and turk 8.

I also tried my foot. Yup, dropped it on my foot by accident. oooooohhhhwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[dscottw88]

Makes me wonder what that one guy was shooting that was hard enough to ricochet the round back and hit him in the ear. You guys know what I am talking about? I think he was using a M82.

 

[LeibstandarteAdH]

.50 AP will go through manhole covers easily.

They were using Tungsten carbide rounds (highly armor-piercing)

They are using Mk211 "Raufoss" ammo in that video, it only penetrates 11 mm Armour, it is a multi purpose round.

Regular M2 .50 BMG Black Tip "AP" penetrates 19 mm Armour (same standardized armour)

 

[Double Naught Spy]

.50 ball goes through just fine.

 

[icebones]

my best bet is that whoever is stealing manhole covers is turning them in for scrap metal, what's a manhole cover weigh? 50 lbs? ive never picked one up

I have the same problem in my area with people getting electrucuted stealing copper from electric lines and even stealing catalitic converters from cars (catalitic converters have a small ammount of platnuim in them)