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backyard test on "bullet proof" glass
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A rectangular piece of Lexan (plexiglas) 12x8x1" at 20 feet:

.38 Sp SWC from a Colt Det Spec- marked plexi where hit, didn't crater the material noticeably, bullet vaporized. Little to no effect.

9MM parabellum FMJ- shattered material.
 
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But did it penetrate?
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Here's a bunch of pix on Kevlar Helmet penetration.
http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot29.htm

and on glass
http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot6.htm

The glass gets more and more compromised until the 12 ga slug really busts it.


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Steve, thanks for the links on penetration tests! Quite an education. Don't rob a bank without a 45/70!
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But did it penetrate?
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hell yes Smiler

oddly, same type 9MM round penetrated a 1-1/2 x 1-1/2x 1/8" square steel tube, but stopped when it reached the opposite side of the tube, and "reverse mushroomed" at the entrance hole.

sorry, no pics.
 
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