.22 cal. penetration results - aluminum siding

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I am not in a position at the moment to test this myself so I am wondering if anyone out there has had any experience with a 22 LR or a 22 Short hitting heavy guage aluminum siding (not galvanized steel)? Distance would be from approximately 75 feet. Will the round penetrate the siding? I am trying to determine if a building was actually hit with a 22 cal. round. Thanks for your help.
 
That's the problem. Whatever hit the side of the building didn't penetrate. It just left a couple of small dents, about the size of a 22 bullet. The siding is a bit heavier than the usual stuff you see on houses.
 
Probably a pellet gun. A 22 round would creator a bit bigger than .22 if it didn't penetrate. It would also most likely leave some copper wash on the area.
 
at 75 feet it will go through without a problem. sounds like it might have been a slingshot with a Ball bearing or an air rifle pellet. if it was lead it would normally leave some trace of it also.
 
You can take a 6" screwdriver and poke it thru aluminum siding and into your house.

A .22cal bullet will most definately penetrate the wall of a house. Also FYI, a .22 bullet can travel over 1.6km
 
We shot up an old Barbecque with 22LR from a Rem 597 a few years ago.

At about 50 yds it went through the 1/8" aluminum lid and dented the opposite side.

Not a "Toy".
 
I have seen .22LR completly penetrate a hard drive at 25 yards. Also pass through a steel cased(.5mm) power supply.
Siding is no issue.
 
I was shooting some Velocitors at an old farm site with a shed as a backstop. My target was at 50 yards and the shed at 100. The shed is made out of tongue and groove (pine I think) which is about 1/2 inch thick on each wall. I recovered one that came out the other side. It's not tin siding, but it gave me some new respect for the little round.
 
Paul Morrison said:
Ok, I'll bite. Please explain the context.
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Huh? Free old hard drives were being thrown out at university. Lined 10 of them up on a board in front of the backstop and plinked at them with the 10/22 one by one. I then threw them out
Is that what you meant by context?
 
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