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im not sure myself but my house is on a slab so i will be watching this one...

Well...you don't need to worry about someone entering your house through the floor from a crawl space under your house.

If you mean bullets bouncing off the foundation, I believe they would probably hit the concrete and fly off into the floor board at the bottom of the wall behind your target (probably staying under the carpet, maybe even under the padding).

Then again, anything is possible and could take a funny "bounce" if ol' Murphy is around.

By the way, interesting 1st post...welcome!

To avoid complications, you might not want to shoot somebody that's lying on the floor.

Don't place a 'warning shot' into the floor.

Just for reference- My first (and only) ND was into a concrete floor in my house. Glock 27 .40 cal, thought I had dropped the mag as I was racking the slide to eject the final round. All I wound up doing was loading a new round into the chamber. Anyways. Angled the gun at the floor away from me and pulled the trigger.

A couple years later as I was pulling up carpet to put in wood floors I discovered the result. There was a small mark on the concrete, no it wasn't broken or puckered or anything. The jacket of the bullet was spread out like crazy in the carpet pad and the lump of lead was there as well. Right where I shot the hole it expanded, stopped, and came to rest.

So there is some real world experience for you.

And yes, I now (religiously) visually check the chamber before dry-firing.

Really why I bought the 45cal anyway I did'nt want the through my house - through their house effect.

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You might want to check out the Box O' Truth website for some experiments on shooting through walls: http://theboxotruth.com/docs/bot1.htm

You might want to check out the Box O' Truth website for some experiments on shooting through walls: http://theboxotruth.com/docs/bot1.htm

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Looked at the site...pretty cool....however I seem to think it may not be as accurate as wee think. four things that come to mind right off the bat without doing any real analysis. One, 5/8...is that the standard thickness of sheet rock? Two, there does not appear to be any materials that one would expect to find between the walls...like insulation. Three, the distance between a set sheet rock. My house is built with 2x6 studs...most are built with 2x4 studs but the picture does not clearly show how far a part each set of two truely are...it does not appear to be at least 4 inches. Four, each "wall" set are only inches apart...I would think the walls whould be set further apart...may at least 5 to 10 feet. The extra space alows for more deceleration between walls.

One, 5/8...is that the standard thickness of sheet rock? Two, there does not appear to be any materials that one would expect to find between the walls...like insulation. Three, the distance between a set sheet rock. My house is built with 2x6 studs...most are built with 2x4 studs but the picture does not clearly show how far a part each set of two truely are...it does not appear to be at least 4 inches. Four, each "wall" set are only inches apart...I would think the walls whould be set further apart...may at least 5 to 10 feet. The extra space alows for more deceleration between walls.

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1. 5/8" drywall is pretty standard in newer construction.
2. typically there isn't any insulation inside of interior walls. ( sometimes in the walls around bathrooms or other rooms where privacy is an issue)
3. Quite possibly the outside walls are 2X6 studs and the interior walls are 2X4. 2X6= 1-5/8" X 5-1/2" 2X4 = 1-5/8" X 3-1/2"
4. Not a lot of difference in deceleration between 5 inches and 5 feet.

Thanks Sir, I had conjured up in my mind a cartoon like ricochet scenario that had the round exiting a window and stopping next door at the kids room kinda thing. And I believe GlowinPontiac's gonna breathe a little easier too.

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I'm not advocating that this is what always happens, I'm sure there is the potential for a richochet, just saying that it didn't happen in my case. We'll need a lot more examples than 1 to come to a conclusion on this subject. But it did surprise me a bit. I'd be curious to hear others stories...