08-19-2011, 12:09 AM
bwaites Wrote:Hmmm.....don't know if I have those pictures. They looked almost exactly like all the other, non AP rounds.No, no. I meant post pics of the test with the lightened 6.5 AP bullets, not the old ones that didn't penetrate. :o
Quote:I was very suprised that M80 ball didn't penetrate. There is one variable that I hadn't accounted for, and that was my plate carrier, which consisted of a 4x4 with grooves for the plate, with the plates perpindicular to the length of the 4x4. Even through we stacked rocks beside and behind it, I think it was moving like a sled to some extent, and that would absorb some of the impact.Could be. Or maybe my mild steel was milder than yours...
Quote:I was concerned about steel core reflection, since the rule is that reflection occurs at the same angle as impact. I tilted the plates a tiny bit to avoid a 180 bounce back!Yeah, I can testify it does happen. I was lucky I tilted the plate a few degrees back from vertical.