22 lr dirt penetration

[Light Infantry]

How many inches of dirt will a 22 lr penetrate?

 

[Joe Amorosi]

"The best goddamn bullet stop there is"
-Burt Gummer

 

[mmattockx]

Depends on the dirt and what you are trying to do with it. Can you elaborate on the question and why it matters for you?


Mark

 

[Light Infantry]

Dirt . Damp moist dirt.
Because I hate my peonies.

 

[boxhitch]

"What do you mean? African or European dirt?"

 

[Painkillers]

But...there's butter?

 

[bluelynx]

How many inches of dirt will a 22 lr penetrate?

What is your definition of dirt?

If you have difficulties on defining what dirt is, this forum does have a resident geologist on staff.

My choice in dirt is juicy dirt on gun banning politicians.

 

[Cciphantom1]

How many inches of dirt will a 22 lr penetrate?

Trying to shoot out the roots of your peonies will likely not work with .22. You might get 2 or 3 good inches into the root ball and 200 or 300 shots might loosen things enough to pull out the roots. I would suggest slugs at point blank range. Wear glasses.

 

[45CAT]

Dirt . Damp moist dirt.
Because I hate my peonies.

Common on. You must have heard of “Dragon fire” shells. You already have them surrounded by wet dirt. Put a little excitement in your life

 

[maifire]

Tannerite?

Ground spike with salt water?

It is remarkable how little penetration dirt and sand allow.

 

[55recce]

What are you shooting that is dirty? You will get better penetration if you keep things clean!

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

How many inches of dirt will a 22 lr penetrate?

The Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) measures soils by particulate size. Washed sand for sandblasting or concrete has evenly sized particles, and very few fines. You want this for water filtration beds and golf course sand traps. The other end is clay and fine particles. It is sticky when wet, and makes great baseball infields but lousy construction material (except maybe clay bricks).

To me, soil is mineral and dirt is organics.

 

[Ghillbert]

Heheheh couldn’t help but check this thread out….just knew there would be some jokes!

 

[Spo0nFED]

12 inches packed earth generally makes an acceptable backstop behind a steel plate.

 

[FLHTCUI]

But...there's butter?

And then there is jello too.

 

[guntech]

How many inches of dirt will a 22 lr penetrate?

It would depend on it's composition, how dense it is, how tightly packed it is and how deep it is as well as the bullet design. (hollow point or solid, standard velocity or high speed)

A very vague question to ask.

 

[kamlooky]

Yuh dun furgit dem rawks’n stones in Maw Terre.
Sumtimes boulders be hiding too.

And nawt a fruck be given ‘bout dem fish bait.

Jeepers

 

[rimfirerick]

"What do you mean? African or European dirt?"

What? I don't know that! Lol

 

[Hangfire]

"What do you mean? African or European dirt?"

And ...
"What's your favorite color ?"

 

[SigWig]

Over time everything turns to dirt...