Stoping Power

[none]

How much is enough? 5 by 7 should be enough? My berm is at least 5 feet deep and 7 feet tall. It has been rained on a few times now the dirt seems like it is one solid mass and grass is now growing on it seems like it should be good to go.?

[TNMTBik3r]

What are you shooting? I would say 5 feet of dirt should stop all common calibers.

[none]

What are you shooting? I would say 5 feet of dirt should stop all common calibers.

22lr 380acp 9mm 45 acp and itching to get the new red dot on the Mini 14

So mostly handgun calibers

[RED333]

I shoot 308 in to sand and it stops in about 12", your dirt bank will be fine.

[molonlabetn]

If you're shooting something that will blow through 5ft of dirt, be sure to invite me over to watch!

Even .50bmg will only go in a couple feet.

[Oh Shoot]

Depends on what you're trying to stope.

 

- OS

[KKing]

[quote name="Oh Shoot" post="1161621" timestamp="1403486454"]Depends on what you're trying to stope. - OS[/quote] What you did there, I see it

[E4 No More]

Depends on what you're trying to stope.

 

- OS

:rofl:

[vontar]

I thought this was going to be another caliber vs caliber war.

 

Much less Drama then I expected.

 

BTW, a hit with anything bets any miss.

[none]

I thought this was going to be another caliber vs caliber war.
 
Much less Drama then I expected.
 
BTW, a hit with anything bets any miss.

Ok then I will start the caliber war then...you know the 60mm paint balls are much more effective at making a bigger splatter on the side of the barn then the smaller ones

[Sam1]

here's some information on how you could guesstimate penetration on different materials:

 

http://asmrb.pbworks.com/w/page/9958925/Pulp%20Armor%20Penetration

 

 

Basically for every 8mm of RHA that you caliber will penetrate, it would be comparable to 510mm of dirt.  So according to this site:  http://www.steelbeasts.com/sbwiki/index.php/Ammunition_Data a .50 Ball round would travel through 21mm (0.826") of RHA or 1312mm (51") of dirt.

 

As always YMMV, but that chart is pretty close to what we used in the military.

Edited June 24, 2014 by Sam1

[AU_88]

Depends on what you're trying to stope.

- OS

Lol. Good one.

[musicman]

C'mon guys, cutte it out! ;-)

[Guest theconstitutionrocks]

I've been itching to test something like that...can I bring over my 120mm smoothbore?...I got a few M829A3 APFSDS-T rounds I'd like to shoot....naw JK 5 ft, you're fine.