500 yard bullet impact
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Jwirecom109
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Can't say i've ever seen the left overs of a 22 at 500 yards, interested, thanks for posting
Yes i shot this. if thats what your asking
Ar180shooter
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Care to explain what you have a hard time believing?
Al Flipo,
Do a quick search of Claynes posts. He's one of the very few posters who backs his claims with pictures, good descriptions and video if you so choose to watch. You don't need to struggle with believing what he posts. Sure it could all be a photoshop hoax, but who really has the time or motive to come on these boards as a pure trixter. If this is the first post by Clayne that you have seen, your doubt is understood.
I don't have any trouble believing these photos.
What speed do you think those projectiles are at at 500 yards? I am guessing between 635fps-675fps, Still plenty fast enough to kill a deer or coyote. Pure guess based on the destruction of the lead, and comparing it to what happens to lead pellets at certain speeds.
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Just the fact that these small bullets are completely compacted at 500 yard.
I could see it at 50 or 100 yard, just surprised to see it at 500 yard.
A .22 LR high velocity drops almost 9 feet at that distance, and the remaining energy is less than 40 foot pounds
According to my calucations it drops 29 feet at 500 yards,
As far as acurracy, the target is 30 inches across and is round, I have hit it 9 out of 10 times twice, and 8 out of 10 quite often.
at 50 and 100 yards the bullet splatters, I have a steel target at 213 yads and it splatters on that also.
As far as acurracy, the target is 30 inches across and is round, I have hit it 9 out of 10 times twice, and 8 out of 10 quite often.
at 50 and 100 yards the bullet splatters, I have a steel target at 213 yads and it splatters on that also.
Shelldrake
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Ok, but the original post says this was from 500 yards, which is 1500 feet.
I can't see them being that flattened either at that distance. Then again, I've never tried it.
at 500 yards the average 40gr with a muzzle velocity of 1070 fps will have dropped 596 inches and will still be traveling at 570 feet/s. it will be carrying about 29 ft lbs of force.
this will vary depending on altitude, perhaps greatly. this is at sealevel
this will vary depending on altitude, perhaps greatly. this is at sealevel
I will back up Clayne b's posts.
This flattening of a 22LR at 500 yards is very real.
At close to 600 fps, they look just like that when they hit a steel surface.
Try this: Take a 17 cal air rifle, rated under 500fps.
Shoot it at a steel surface, at even 50 yards, where it has slowed considerably.
The pellets look flatter than a pancake, just little thin discs.
There is good reason for the warning on a box of 22 rimfire ammo!!
Eagleye.
This flattening of a 22LR at 500 yards is very real.
At close to 600 fps, they look just like that when they hit a steel surface.
Try this: Take a 17 cal air rifle, rated under 500fps.
Shoot it at a steel surface, at even 50 yards, where it has slowed considerably.
The pellets look flatter than a pancake, just little thin discs.
There is good reason for the warning on a box of 22 rimfire ammo!!
Eagleye.
My mistake, it was a typo, I meant 500 yards not ft in my post.
Trying is believing. I shoot into a pellet trap often and little pellets traveling a lowly 372fps flatten right out at 10 yards, and that's against an angled back stop which deflects energy. I don't have any trouble believing these 22 bullets traveling at 600fps flatten out, especially when its exactly what happens. Not only do the pictures of the projectiles prove it but so do the impact marks on the targets.
A 22 is far more lethal then its given credit for.
do a search on Clayne B's other posts, he is shooting this with a lowly CZ scout, youth rifle, and the accuracy is impressive to say the least. even youtube video of it.
That bullet is travelling at 400 mph at 500 yards, plenty fast enough to flatten it.
Interesting exercise and nice shooting. Out of curiosity, not questioning the validity of your thread in any way, where did the bullets end up? Did they hit and fall straight down, bounce back a substantial distance or ricochet all over. Did you use a trap of any kind or were they easy to locate?
Clobbersauras
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- Waaay out west.
I've shot at a double walled stainless steel pan at 200 yards with standard velocity ammo. I was shocked to see how much energy it imparted into that little pan.....
That's for sure. I once had an old flack jacket and I wanted to see what it could stop...
I put a 2x4 behind the jacket and shot it with a .22 from about six feet away. The jacket did stop the bullet, but the 2x4 had a dent in it about 1 inch in diameter and 1 inch deep. That would cause broken ribs and more!
Think how hard you'd have to hit a 2x4 with a hammer to make a dent an inch deep and about the diameter of the head. I couldn't even come close to doing that WITHOUT the vest. With the vest I probably couldn't leave a mark on the wood...but a .22 sure can.
