The Box O' Truth #7 - The Sands O' Truth

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The Box O' Truth #7 - The Sands O' Truth - Page 4

I had read the some rounds actually penetrate better at longer ranges, so, we backed up 100 yards from the boxes and tried some rifle rounds again.

We tried both the .223 and the .308.

Both rounds still did not exit the first box.

We recovered the 7.62 X 51, and this is the biggest piece.

For comparison, these are the 9mm and .45 ACP.

You could almost reload the pistol bullets and shoot them again.

Lessons learned:
1. It's still fun to shoot stuff.

2. Sand is a very good barrier. Nothing we shot penetrated more than 6 inches into the sand. Does that mean I would hide behind 6 inches of sand and let someone shoot at me? No way!! I'd rather have 60 feet of sand in front of me.

But 6 inches seems to work pretty well for the rounds tested.

3. To our surprise, the pistol rounds penetrated deeper than the rifle rounds. Why?

The pistol rounds held together better as they were ball and didn't have enough velocity to break them apart. Therefore, they held together and penetrated better.

The rifle rounds were traveling at such a high velocity that they broke up into pieces and this stopped their penetration quicker.

4. The 12 gauge slug finally met it's match with sand. The soft lead slug was flattened out and stopped quickly.

5. The .45-70 hard-cast bullet penetrated a little better than the soft lead slug, but not a lot. And the sand tore it up pretty quickly.

6. And lastly, sand is a good barricade material.

Thanks to Tman for the photo help.

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