There are actually researchers who found a way to treat wood so that it was actually very good at stopping bullets without being heavy, and once the technology becomes more available, it may be an economical choice.
What's funny about that that's like construction grade plywood right? I made a door for a couple out of African mahogany and African mahogany marine grade plywood. I shot that door with 762x39 AK-47 and it was proof. When you build a door you make it like the letter H. You always leave horns on, and then you cut the horns off to the size of the opening of the door. I shot those horns and gave it to the guy to let him know what the what the door it would stop. So basically the density of the wood makes a huge difference. Soft pine goes through hard African mahogany stops.
Yes, different woods will hold up differently just like different woods will support different loads. That is awesome that your door held up so well, I would be curious how it would hold up to this round. Thanks for watching.
I remember when I was a teenager, my dad asked me what tree I thought the 30:06 we had been shooting would not shoot through? I picked a big beech tree about 3 to 4 feet in diameter (not circumference). I thought surely 3 to 4 feet of wood would stop any bullet. We moved back a few yards (we were in the woods far from any human habitation) and he let me shoot the big beech tree square in the middle. The bullet hit the tree dead center and when we walked around to the back, there was an exit hole dead in the center. The ammo we were shooting was surplus black tip armor piercing ammo from WW 2. Later I tested it against concrete reinforced with 1/2 inch steel rebar every 2 inches. The concrete was about 5 inches thick. It went through this also but was stopped by a second layer of the same concrete placed 4 inches behind the first. There we found a perfectly shaped boat-tailed spitzer tungsten steel penetrator about 27 caliber a little over an inch long. There was no trace of the copper jacket. Bullet construction has an even bigger effect on penetration than velocity.
One little lnown fact about beech trees I have found is as they get bigger they tend to be hollow inside and not show evidence like nost holloed trees.
Thanks for the video. 😞 Question: what if you took welder's cloth and covered the front and back side of 3/4" plywood with it using fiberglass resin and then shot through it? Would that reinforce the plywood creating a barrier for home safe rooms? Seems the cheap method is 2 sheets of 1/2" plywood and 8" of small, dry, rocks between the cavity. Layering would look like: 1/2" plywood, then 2x4 framing (flat profile) attached to 2x6 boards, then 2x4 framing, then another piece of 1/2" plywood and the entire cavity filled with rocks.
Also would have been nice to tell what kind of powder was used in each casing and how much. But I’m sure there is something else that someone will think of. That and many, many other things make a significant difference on velocity. Thanks for watching.
Im interested in seeing what the 9mm hollowpoints look like so i can compare it to lead hollow points i cast. I shot some into bowling pins and recovered 2 of them. They retained 81-89% of their weight and mushroomed out and its just pure lead with a powder coat
If I ever get the chance, I would love to do more videos like this, problem is that I don’t have access to the area where I can set it up. Thanks for watching.
Wait. What kind of gun was used? Was it a shorty pistol, or a rifle. I'm focused on the 22s. Have seen a few other videos of 22s going through 1.5" of wood, truck doors, come out the other side and go through multiple water jugs, etc. Hard to understand why in your vids the 22s went barely .75 inches or so. I wonder what velocity ratings / brands were used.
The 22 was from a Ruger 10/22. Don’t remember what brand the ammo was but it was nothing special. I’m sure it may penetrate more if something different was used but I doubt that it would make a huge difference. Thanks for sharing.
What is the distance that you were shooting from and were the 22’s long guns or pistol and the same for the 9mm? Informative and will save me some time and effort could care less about ammo and gun brands muzzle velocities won’t change too drastically thanks
Those are silver tips. They have a mild steel core. The hardness is about 120 on the Brendel scale. The black tips are the AP rounds. Also the ones you have look like Bulgarian surplus and is usually 147 grain bullet. Have you pulled a bullet and weighed it? Never heard of surplus being as heavy as you mentioned.
Did you fire the guns very close or right up against the plywood? Would be curious to see how it works out at different distancing . Like 5 feet 20 feet 50 feet etc.....
So three sheets, bordering the first 4' of my chicken coop (interior), will stop 22 rounds 👍 I'm tired of patching holes in T1-11 siding everything a predator sneaks in 🤣
how far were you from the target? someone did a driveby on my house (this is the 7th one in my life) so i decided to at least put a huge piece of wood i consructed from a old entertainment stand in front of my main window. i figure if anything itll at least slow the bullet down when it goes through it instead of just glass
thanks for the response. yah typical neighborhood bullshit. i decided to be a good citizen and help a old lady who was robbed. since i chose to co operate with the police, people got pissed at me. but fuck them i did the right thing. so far nothings happened since then.
You did the right thing, but the problem with the way our justice system works is you get the sharp end of the stick instead of the robbers or their buddies. Anywho, good reference video, I used this to do some calculations regarding the junk fences in Fallout 4.
It would be interesting to sandwich plywood with say 1mm steel. 1mm ain't much vs guns but sandwiching different materials could mean a difference... or not 😂. I would love to see if there is difference between 2 layers of plywood (effective against .22s and nothing more) vs 2 layers with 1mm steel plate in between them (plus possibly scaling it further in layers, sandwiching plywood with 1mm steel). Or 2 plywoods layers with 1mm steel on the back (and further scaling).
And there is Porsche and Aguila and Windicator... My favorite is 22 plinkster's CCI stangers. 😅😇 Mostly I just let it go but somehow pronouncing Porsche as Porsch is like fingernails on a chalkboard.
Short, clear concise! Bullets definitely penetrated more boards than I ever woulda thought!
That was the kind of question I had before doing this video.
Thanks for watching.
So much for my low budget plywood 10 sheet 3/4 ply vest
Yeah it is somewhat cumbersome I bet. Thanks for watching.
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I'll repurpose it for a flotation device when I'm not dodging bullets 💨
There are actually researchers who found a way to treat wood so that it was actually very good at stopping bullets without being heavy, and once the technology becomes more available, it may be an economical choice.
So all I need to do is penetrate 1/2 inch of plywood and hit an apple to know if it’ll defend me? Good to know. If all you have is a .22lr , use it.
What's funny about that that's like construction grade plywood right? I made a door for a couple out of African mahogany and African mahogany marine grade plywood. I shot that door with 762x39 AK-47 and it was proof. When you build a door you make it like the letter H. You always leave horns on, and then you cut the horns off to the size of the opening of the door. I shot those horns and gave it to the guy to let him know what the what the door it would stop. So basically the density of the wood makes a huge difference. Soft pine goes through hard African mahogany stops.
Yes, different woods will hold up differently just like different woods will support different loads. That is awesome that your door held up so well, I would be curious how it would hold up to this round.
Thanks for watching.
I remember when I was a teenager, my dad asked me what tree I thought the 30:06 we had been shooting would not shoot through? I picked a big beech tree about 3 to 4 feet in diameter (not circumference). I thought surely 3 to 4 feet of wood would stop any bullet. We moved back a few yards (we were in the woods far from any human habitation) and he let me shoot the big beech tree square in the middle. The bullet hit the tree dead center and when we walked around to the back, there was an exit hole dead in the center. The ammo we were shooting was surplus black tip armor piercing ammo from WW 2. Later I tested it against concrete reinforced with 1/2 inch steel rebar every 2 inches. The concrete was about 5 inches thick. It went through this also but was stopped by a second layer of the same concrete placed 4 inches behind the first. There we found a perfectly shaped boat-tailed spitzer tungsten steel penetrator about 27 caliber a little over an inch long. There was no trace of the copper jacket. Bullet construction has an even bigger effect on penetration than velocity.
That sounds like fun. Thanks for watching.
One little lnown fact about beech trees I have found is as they get bigger they tend to be hollow inside and not show evidence like nost holloed trees.
Thanks for the video. 😞 Question: what if you took welder's cloth and covered the front and back side of 3/4" plywood with it using fiberglass resin and then shot through it? Would that reinforce the plywood creating a barrier for home safe rooms? Seems the cheap method is 2 sheets of 1/2" plywood and 8" of small, dry, rocks between the cavity. Layering would look like: 1/2" plywood, then 2x4 framing (flat profile) attached to 2x6 boards, then 2x4 framing, then another piece of 1/2" plywood and the entire cavity filled with rocks.
Would have been nice if you mentioned what guns you used, especially for the 22 lr. Barrel length makes a significant difference on velocity.
Also would have been nice to tell what kind of powder was used in each casing and how much. But I’m sure there is something else that someone will think of. That and many, many other things make a significant difference on velocity. Thanks for watching.
BTW it was a stock Ruger 10/22.
Im interested in seeing what the 9mm hollowpoints look like so i can compare it to lead hollow points i cast. I shot some into bowling pins and recovered 2 of them. They retained 81-89% of their weight and mushroomed out and its just pure lead with a powder coat
If I ever get the chance, I would love to do more videos like this, problem is that I don’t have access to the area where I can set it up. Thanks for watching.
The best to the point vids I've seen thanks
Thanks for watching.
Exactly what needed to know thanx. A lot haha
I made a shield out of 2.5 inches of plywood and now I’m disappointed to know it’s not bulletproof
To a certain degree it is. Thanks for watching.
Wait. What kind of gun was used? Was it a shorty pistol, or a rifle. I'm focused on the 22s. Have seen a few other videos of 22s going through 1.5" of wood, truck doors, come out the other side and go through multiple water jugs, etc.
Hard to understand why in your vids the 22s went barely .75 inches or so. I wonder what velocity ratings / brands were used.
The 22 was from a Ruger 10/22. Don’t remember what brand the ammo was but it was nothing special. I’m sure it may penetrate more if something different was used but I doubt that it would make a huge difference. Thanks for sharing.
i think you've shattered a few dreams of preppers bullet proofing their walls.
Maybe, but one can only prep so much. Hard to prep for everything.
Thanks for watching.
What is the distance that you were shooting from and were the 22’s long guns or pistol and the same for the 9mm? Informative and will save me some time and effort could care less about ammo and gun brands muzzle velocities won’t change too drastically thanks
All were shot from about 7 yards. The 22 was a long gun, the 9mm was a hand gun. Thanks for watching.
@@funbro1 thanks for the reply keep up the good work Bruh
Why has no one tried High density fiberboard (HDF) each board 1cm thick. Several boards
I'm reading that 3.5in of sand will stop most rounds. So I guess a plywood box to hold the sand would be better than stacking playwood.
That does sound like a better solution if that’s what you were going after. Thanks for sharing that.
At what distance did you shoot?
About 7 yards. Thanks for the question.
Thanks
Thanks for watching.
Those are silver tips. They have a mild steel core. The hardness is about 120 on the Brendel scale. The black tips are the AP rounds. Also the ones you have look like Bulgarian surplus and is usually 147 grain bullet. Have you pulled a bullet and weighed it? Never heard of surplus being as heavy as you mentioned.
Yep I pulled a few of them. Thanks for viewing.
I’ve had the 7.62x54r go through 2 railroad ties it takes alot too stop that round
Yes it does. Thanks for watching.
Over 10 years ago my brotha and I shot at a Railroad Tie and the bullet was stuck in a crack on the other side 45 auto
Did you fire the guns very close or right up against the plywood? Would be curious to see how it works
out at different distancing . Like 5 feet 20 feet 50 feet etc.....
In the video we were about 15 ft away.
Thanks for watching.
@@funbro1 ty for this..
Wish you had added a rubber bullet or two in there.
Good idea for a future video. Thanks for watching.
Awesome
Thanks for watching.
So three sheets, bordering the first 4' of my chicken coop (interior), will stop 22 rounds 👍
I'm tired of patching holes in T1-11 siding everything a predator sneaks in 🤣
Sounds like a plan.
Thanks for watching.
how far were you from the target? someone did a driveby on my house (this is the 7th one in my life) so i decided to at least put a huge piece of wood i consructed from a old entertainment stand in front of my main window. i figure if anything itll at least slow the bullet down when it goes through it instead of just glass
I would say we were about 20ft. from the target, but I believe you may have a larger issue. I wish you luck. Thanks for watching.
thanks for the response. yah typical neighborhood bullshit. i decided to be a good citizen and help a old lady who was robbed. since i chose to co operate with the police, people got pissed at me. but fuck them i did the right thing. so far nothings happened since then.
hippa2dahoppa2 Keep doing the right thing, hope everything turns out well for you.
You did the right thing, but the problem with the way our justice system works is you get the sharp end of the stick instead of the robbers or their buddies. Anywho, good reference video, I used this to do some calculations regarding the junk fences in Fallout 4.
@@hippa2dahoppa2 What kind of shithole neighborhood do you live in where talking to Police will get you a driveby?
What about 5.56, how much penetration from that?
Haven’t tried that one yet.
Very good video! Gave it a 👍☺
Thanks for watching.
@@funbro1 my pleasure ☺
how far away? Maybe I missed it.
Yep, 7 yards.
Shot from how far away?
7 yards
It would be interesting to sandwich plywood with say 1mm steel. 1mm ain't much vs guns but sandwiching different materials could mean a difference... or not 😂.
I would love to see if there is difference between 2 layers of plywood (effective against .22s and nothing more) vs 2 layers with 1mm steel plate in between them (plus possibly scaling it further in layers, sandwiching plywood with 1mm steel).
Or 2 plywoods layers with 1mm steel on the back (and further scaling).
That would be an interesting test, maybe I will have to do a video on that sometime . Thanks for watching.
so how much wood does the 7.62 penetrate. no thicker test done?
No thicker test done.
Thanks for watching.
@@funbro1 ok I was interested because Russian supply truck added timber as protection. So wanted to see if it would work or not.
All I can tell you is that this stack didn’t stand a chance. I’ll have to add some
More and see where it stops.
but isnt that AP 7,62 just a mild steelcore and not AP?
Either way it did a good job going through the stack. Thanks for watching.
Silver tip in 54r doesn’t mean ap ... it’s match ammo .. black tip is ap
Silver tip isn’t armor piercing in 54r ... that means it’s match ammo . Ap is black tip just like any other amok made ..
The silver tip is what is recommended for vampires and werewolves. Thanks for watching
THANKS! ★★★★★
Thanks for watching.
how far back were you?
All shots were about 21 Feet away. Thanks for watching.
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Thanks for watching.
Would have been more interesting with fmj, hollow points arent much for penetration
And more calibers, and more shots, and slow motion, and on and on, but Thanks for watching.
Hornady! Not hornaday.
Yes that is correct. Thanks for watching.
OMG why do so many pronounce Hornady wrong? It's Horna(dee) not Horna(day).
OMG why does something so insignificant bother you so much?
And there is Porsche and Aguila and Windicator... My favorite is 22 plinkster's CCI stangers. 😅😇 Mostly I just let it go but somehow pronouncing Porsche as Porsch is like fingernails on a chalkboard.