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Re: WWI Sniper Rifle
29/02/08 01:45 PM

I have H-P's book also.

He's the one.

1/4 inch mild steel seems likely, depending on range. I do not believe 1/2 inch hardened plate would be phased one bit by a .470 Nitro at any range. Depending on range, 1/2 inch mild steel maybe.

As for WD use of oddball guns, the Brit military has something of a hoary old tradition of borrowing any'ole shootin iron and did so early in WW1 for the stated reasons, and later at the begnning of WW2 when we were collecting donated guns in barrels at sporting goods stores, along with binoculars and timepieces for shipment to the UK. I've always wondered how many of those altruistically parted-with guns actually made it to Blighty, as opposed to the gun room of the store owners...

Anyway, here's a piece of heavy 3/4 inch thick cold-rolled steel plate shot with a few different rounds. Shot at about 15 meters. The .375 H&H and 7mm Rem Mag noted. This is NOT hardened AP. Railroad fishplates I have shot evaporated these bullets with virtually no dent at all. All of those were old plates, and I am not certain if their toughness was due to previous heat treatment or years of work hardening under the rails. I suspect they were heat treated to a spring temper whih is tougher than cold rolled plate and quite resistant to bullets.

JOHN and any one else reading this: If you have not shot plate before, please be careful. I know the SASS guys shoot it all the time fairly close up, with low velocity lead bullets, and the Silhouetta Metallica fellows shoot it with high velocity jacketed bullets from far away, but high vel jacketed bullets shot on plate up close can be very dangerous. I took a bullet fragment through my right index finger {support hand} a few years ago and a friend took a chunk of a 20mm Lahti round all the way thru his forearm. Stuff pours back from the cratering, can be and is dangerous.

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WWI Sniper Rifle	John	28/02/08 09:48 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	Checkman	15/03/08 02:30 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	16/03/08 12:18 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	John	25/03/08 11:20 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	NitroX	03/05/11 04:22 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	xausa	03/05/11 06:21 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	rigbymauser	03/05/11 07:41 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	lancaster	07/05/11 05:42 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	NitroX	15/03/08 04:44 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	CptCurl	15/03/08 09:58 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	John	01/03/08 06:01 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	NitroX	22/08/19 07:26 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	bouldersmith	11/05/17 11:53 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	3DogMike	12/05/17 02:04 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	Gunnie	08/06/11 09:17 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	elvas	08/06/11 05:14 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	lancaster	08/06/11 07:15 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	elvas	08/06/11 07:42 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	DarylS	09/06/11 05:38 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	elvas	11/06/11 07:40 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	NitroX	17/01/14 05:48 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	kuduae	17/01/14 07:36 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	kuduae	17/01/14 08:35 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	8borerifle	17/01/14 09:23 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	TH44	17/01/14 10:15 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	Ripp	02/03/08 09:02 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	01/03/08 08:24 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	450_366	02/03/08 08:16 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	02/03/08 09:34 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	450_366	02/03/08 09:16 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	03/03/08 01:28 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	10/03/08 11:48 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	13/03/08 11:53 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	mickey	28/02/08 09:52 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	NitroX	29/02/08 12:54 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	500Nitro	28/02/08 10:03 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	NitroX	28/02/08 12:50 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	28/02/08 03:35 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	500Nitro	28/02/08 03:37 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	29/02/08 12:46 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	Leonard	29/02/08 04:42 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	Bramble	29/02/08 04:50 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	Paul	29/02/08 04:19 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	DarylS	29/02/08 05:39 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	500Nitro	29/02/08 10:55 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	470evans	29/02/08 11:28 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	CptCurl	29/02/08 10:46 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	gryphon	29/02/08 05:34 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	01/03/08 12:32 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	John	01/03/08 12:50 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	John	29/02/08 05:54 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	9.3x57	29/02/08 01:45 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	NitroX	29/02/08 12:59 PM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	Bramble	29/02/08 04:33 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	mngane	29/02/08 04:26 AM
Re: WWI Sniper Rifle	AkMike	28/02/08 06:33 PM

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