Penetration Test # 4 .22LR

So we finally came down to editing & uploading the video of our 4th .22LR Penetration Test ... using Eley Club, we Finally Stopped the rounds so this video is a little more interesting and slightly longer with some still images of the deformed bullets etc.

Eley Club, Round Nosed 40 Grain Bullets, Subsonic at 1085 Feet Per Second advertised Muzzle Velocity - Shot at 25 yards Bench Rest.

All Layers of .22LR Penetration Test Separated & Laid Out

The Four Eley Club .22LR Mushroomed Bullets after Penetration with some Fragments

Two .22LR Penetration Cavities in Tin Metal ( Eley Club Subsonics )

 Next Week we will have something Really Interesting with a New Brand under Review!! Keep an eye out either here or on our Youtube Channel

.22LR Penetration Test / Ammo Review #3

Here is the 3rd Penetration Test, still going strong with Eley Club, .22LR Subsonic Round Nose - 40grain.
All details in the video! But something new, we recovered a bullet so check the level of deformity in the bullet head...

We already have another video soon ready for uploading, it is shot and Filmed, just need to get off my crack and edit it / upload to Youtube.... so give it a couple days and there should be a new video soon.

.22 Penetration Test - Metal, Front Impact Points

.22 Penetration Test, - Metal, Exit Cavity through 8 Layers of Tin Metal

.22LR Penetration Test ( Video Dissection ) #1

This is the video Dissection of our first .22LR Penetration Test using Eley Club Subsonics, further down in the posts we started doing these penetration tests, this one is the first and the 2nd has been uploaded a couple of days ago with a 3rd coming in another day or two.

If you have been following our Penetration tests, you will have already seen photo documentation of this test further below in the blog archive - here is the video dissection ...

Click Here to jump to the original post of this test which includes photo's etc.

Click Here for our most recently added Penetration Test using different materials.

.22LR Penetration Test & Ammo Review # 2

Here it is! Our Second Penetration test using Eley's Club range, these round nosed subsonics are rated at 1085 fps (FYI The latest batch we are shooting are severely over coated with wax)
This time around there is a Youtube Hosted video showing target after the shoot and dissecting through the layers showing various stages of the cavities and penetration below:

To see our First Penetration Test using the same ammunition, Click Here.

There will be many more video tests and reviews coming up so keep an eye out, once the video is up on youtube we will post it here as well.

.22LR Penetration Test & Ammo Review

Welcome back! As promised, here is the result of our penetration test;

I have some weird obsession with the penetration characteristics of various types of ammunition, I have noticed how the majority of individual shooters who make penetration test reviews and videos seem to be quite closed minded in terms of target materials and overall setup. Most tests you will find online are merely bottles filled with water and shot with a few different brands and velocities of ammo. or metal plates, soft drink cans (soda cans) etc.

We have created a pretty nice multi layered And multi material target which has 3 impact points which will test one type of ammunition for the time being ( Eley Club, 40grain 1085fps ) and it's different impact points and penetration ability or difficulty between each layer.
It is one target with all 3 target aim points in one, yet multiple material layers beneath each level, Materials include:

• Tin Cans eg: beans, soup etc.,
• Hardened Cardboard,
• Folded Soft Drink Cans (Aluminium),
• Plastics of two thicknesses and density,
• Rubber Strips,
• Electrical Tape (Not thick, only to hold target and layers together as well as separating aim points.
• TARGET WEIGHT BEFORE SHOOTING: 135+Grams (using analogue kitchen scale so not entirely exact)

Level 1 (thin thickness section):
15.5mm of all materials combined including a +-3mm dead space (empty space)
Level 2 (medium thickness section):
17mm of all materials combined - this level has No dead space area / part
Level 3 (thickest section):
21mm of all materials combined - this level has No dead space area / part

Eley Club .22LR - 1085 fps Penetration Test

Triple Layer & Multiple Material .22LR Penetration Target

 I shot the target at 25 yards, hot good clean hits but did also experience 2x shots which slightly skimmed the top, these were not counted as it became obvious they didn't hit all materials in Layer 3.


.22LR Metal Penetration (nice clean hit on layer 1)

 In Layers 1 & 2, we had good penetration through all metal plates, plastics, hardened cardboard, Rubber etc. The above is the final plate in front of the final Rubber and plastic layers in Level 1.

.22LR: The two that skimmed and slightly missed some materials in Level 3's test

 As you can see above we just clipped the target spot and thereby will not count these two shots as they definitely missed a few layers in Level 3.

.22LR Penetration Test - Back of target blasted out but semi intact

 Finally, the back of the target - blown nicely out but still relatively intact! The conclusion is that we have severely misunderestimated the power of the .22LR - we expected Layer 3 to stop the round but had penetration anyway ... so the good news for you is that we will come back with a Layer 4 which we will make to stop this ammunition ( Eley club - 1085 fps ) and will post the update here in the near future!

A video of this may be posted sometime soon too, so keep an eye on this space! Come back soon as we will be describing what materials were in each Layer of today's test.

 

to be continued .....

.22LR Penetration Test & Ammo Review

In a few of days we will post the outcome of a .22LR penetration test that we are going to undertake in a couple of days, The test will both be penetration and ammunition review, the target is designed in multiple layers of different materials so the ammunition will be tested thoroughly! In most penetration tests shooters either change the ammunition or just use the same ammo. on seperate targets, we have made One target with multiple layers of materials and each layer will get rounds put through it, we will use the same ammunition and then review the depth of penetration and resulting bullet deformity.

Sneak hint of the ammo: 40grain, 1085fps Round Nose, Brand kept secret for now, come back to see what it is ....

Update: click Here to jump to the Penetration Test Result

A Firearm we Want chambered in .22LR !

If you could get any firearm chambered in your favourite caliber - what would it be?
Although we would love to see the following Rifle chambered in .17HMR as well as .22WMR, I would have to say it would be most practical in .22LR, atleast to get it into the market first before going into the other calibers ....

Vektor CR-21 Assult Rifle, Produced for the South African Military to replace the current ''R'' family of weapons (R4 being the most dominant and then R5 serving the police and possibly special forces including the R6)
The Firearm has not been selected to replace the R4 due to funds being used for other armaments in the country's recent large upgrade (Fighter Aircraft, Attack Helicopters, Submarines, Frigates and many more) Due to this Vektor has apparently ceased operations. Apparently the Moulds of the CR21 for the original 5.56mm NATO assult rifle has been purchased by another private company - so there is still hope yet! Perhaps they will stumble upon my blog and see there could be a demand? (Pssst ... be sure to leave lot's of comments just incase!)

Vektor CR-21 Black 5.56mm NATO



A scene from the movie 'District 9' Vektor CR-21 in a white finish and some extra tactical gear

R5 - 5.56mm NATO (top) & the proposed replacement Vektor CR21 - 5.56mm NATO Bullpup

DISCLAIMER: Because I know that some fun hating, control worshipping anti-gun nut will probably stumble across this blog and only notice the words above: ''Assult Rifle'', So before you throw a Fit - I would like to point out that the Original Firearm is a Military Grade weapon ... so for interest sake and to be true to the point / true information, I had to put the words ''Assult Rifle'' in the description of the firearm I Am Referring To ! When I say: ''A Firearm we want chambered in .22LR'' - I mean the same gun body, with a .22LR caliber (a much lighter caliber ie: much smaller bullet [you may want to google ''caliber''] and obviously Not An Assult Rifle ie: Full Automatic fire capability but in Semi Automatic form!


How far will a .22LR kill ( penetration / lethality test )

In this 9 Min Youtube video, these blokes test the lethality of the .22LR round on 1/2'' ( 127mm ) Pine Wood Board at various distances starting with a Beretta Minx (.22 short) at 9' ( 2.74 Meters ) eventually going out to 440 Yards ( 402 Meters ) with a Ruger 10/22 (.22LR) with clean penetration at all intervals

 

I must say that I am severly impressed with the accuracy and range of the Ruger 10/22(And the shooters) in this video! I would have never imagined a .22 LR Rifle being able to hit targets at such distances accurately - below is another video from the same channel, 300 - 400 yards Ruger 10/22: