GunnSmokeer
Senior Member
I don't have a link handy, but I remember other testing (on video, posted online) of shotgun vs. rifle vs. pistol-caliber-carbine for overpenetration issues through interior walls of a home, and the result was that:
1.) All FMJ ammo and most big-game hunting ammo from rifle calibers was way overpenetrating. Even a center of mass HIT on the home invader could still send the bullet exiting out his back, through the wall, and entering the next room with lethal velocity and mass.
2.) The LEAST penetration in an innocent victim, after the load has shot through one interior wall (2 layers of drywall spaced a few inches apart) was a TIE between:
* .223 varmint bullets, 45-55 grains made to rapidly expand (they fragment)
* small birdshot loads from a shotgun.
3.) Handgun rounds, even the best hollowpoints with wide mouths, had plenty of penetration after going through the drywall. They'd certainly be fatal to people on the other side.
4.) Shotgun 00 buckshot was like the pistol-caliber hollowpoints. Good for killin' bad guys, but also lethal to people in the next room of you miss.
1.) All FMJ ammo and most big-game hunting ammo from rifle calibers was way overpenetrating. Even a center of mass HIT on the home invader could still send the bullet exiting out his back, through the wall, and entering the next room with lethal velocity and mass.
2.) The LEAST penetration in an innocent victim, after the load has shot through one interior wall (2 layers of drywall spaced a few inches apart) was a TIE between:
* .223 varmint bullets, 45-55 grains made to rapidly expand (they fragment)
* small birdshot loads from a shotgun.
3.) Handgun rounds, even the best hollowpoints with wide mouths, had plenty of penetration after going through the drywall. They'd certainly be fatal to people on the other side.
4.) Shotgun 00 buckshot was like the pistol-caliber hollowpoints. Good for killin' bad guys, but also lethal to people in the next room of you miss.
