Edward429451
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I went to the range a couple weeks ago and my buddy shot his 30/06 (165g factory Ballistic Tips) into a piece of 3/4" plate steel I had and it made it half to two-thirds of the way through. Almost there.
My buddy picked up some surplus M2AP 30/06 for 35 cents ea. at the gun show and I began to teach him to reload and we pulled them and loaded them in fresh brass with 45.0g of 4895 to see if we couldn't push it on through that 3/4" plate...
We did it today.
The M2AP is the two that you can see light through, I tried to get it on an angle so you could see the thickness of the plate. He hit it low/angling two times which cut the groove that you see on the bottom. The two side by side near bottom are 5.56 from my bushy (55g handloads). The few at the top were my buddy's SKS (surplus ammo) which never did penetrate anything beyond 1/4" plate.
My buddy picked up some surplus M2AP 30/06 for 35 cents ea. at the gun show and I began to teach him to reload and we pulled them and loaded them in fresh brass with 45.0g of 4895 to see if we couldn't push it on through that 3/4" plate...
We did it today.
The M2AP is the two that you can see light through, I tried to get it on an angle so you could see the thickness of the plate. He hit it low/angling two times which cut the groove that you see on the bottom. The two side by side near bottom are 5.56 from my bushy (55g handloads). The few at the top were my buddy's SKS (surplus ammo) which never did penetrate anything beyond 1/4" plate.