Maverick223
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Over at the far end of the shop I saw a threatening looking hunk of steel plate...
The steel was 3/8in. thick and was formerly a steel column support, I decided to have a big-bore day and used the Browning 1885 High Wall .45-70Govt. (loaded with my "special-brew" pushing a 300gr. HP out the 28in. tube at about 2500fps), the new Whitworth Mauser .375H&H (loaded with a moderate load pushing a 300gr. SP-RN out the 24.5in. bore at about 2550fps), and the DT-SRS .300WM (with standard HSM Match which should push the 190gr. HPBT out of the 26in. bbl in the neighborhood of 3000fps). A couple days later I decided to finish it off with a few additional rounds from the M17 .223Rem. (standard Fed. Am. Eagle bulk 55gr. FMJ which should yield about 3000fps out of the 21.5in. bbl) and USGI M1 Carbine (standard Winchester USA 110gr. which should yield about 1900fps. out of the little 18in. bbl).
View from front:
View from rear:
Here is a frontal view with key (box color indicates cartridge type):
As you can see all of the big bores penetrated the steel with relative ease, neither of the smaller cartridges penetrated the steel, though the .223Rem. got very close and would certainly do so with AP/steel core rounds. I might take it out for another session, but I don't have much real estate left (without holes). That .300WM is as good as a drill, and a whole lot more fun too.
I think I effectively neutralized the threat, and let that be a lesson to all the other glaring steel plates out there. Anyone else want to share some steel carnage?
The steel was 3/8in. thick and was formerly a steel column support, I decided to have a big-bore day and used the Browning 1885 High Wall .45-70Govt. (loaded with my "special-brew" pushing a 300gr. HP out the 28in. tube at about 2500fps), the new Whitworth Mauser .375H&H (loaded with a moderate load pushing a 300gr. SP-RN out the 24.5in. bore at about 2550fps), and the DT-SRS .300WM (with standard HSM Match which should push the 190gr. HPBT out of the 26in. bbl in the neighborhood of 3000fps). A couple days later I decided to finish it off with a few additional rounds from the M17 .223Rem. (standard Fed. Am. Eagle bulk 55gr. FMJ which should yield about 3000fps out of the 21.5in. bbl) and USGI M1 Carbine (standard Winchester USA 110gr. which should yield about 1900fps. out of the little 18in. bbl).
View from front:
View from rear:
Here is a frontal view with key (box color indicates cartridge type):
As you can see all of the big bores penetrated the steel with relative ease, neither of the smaller cartridges penetrated the steel, though the .223Rem. got very close and would certainly do so with AP/steel core rounds. I might take it out for another session, but I don't have much real estate left (without holes). That .300WM is as good as a drill, and a whole lot more fun too.
I think I effectively neutralized the threat, and let that be a lesson to all the other glaring steel plates out there. Anyone else want to share some steel carnage?
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