5.56mm FMJ 200 Yard Steel & Ballistic Gel Penetration
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- Using a 16" barrel AR15, shooting the 5.56mm NATO M193 55 gr FMJ at 200 yards. Primary objective is hitting a 1/4" steel plate at 200 yards and getting a pass through and into ballistic gel.
Ammo is military surplus 5.56mm, Lake City 2005 production date. Rifle is a Bushmaster lower receiver, Rock River Arms upper with 16" barrel, 1:9 twist. I'm using an EoTech 516, no magnification. Please note.....the EoTech had been setup for POV shooting with the camcorder. It is usually moved a tad bit forward on the rail. For some reason, the trolls want to make a big deal out of it.
Filmed with two Sony HD AVCHD camcorders; HDR-CX560 recorded at 28 mbps 60p and HDR-CX110 at 24 mbps 30p. Edited using Sony Vegas Pro 12, MP4, 30p, 16 mbps. The opening segment was recorded with a GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition at 1080p; camera mounted to the rifle using the roll bar mount.
Filmed on private property with ample hills and trees for a backstop. No inhabitants downrange for at least 2 miles. Any shots off target and/or pass throughs traveled less than 100 feet behind the target setup.
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can you maybe borrow it from someone?
it would be really interesting to see penetration and damage comparison of the 5,56x45, 5,45x39 and 7,62x39 at the same range with identical conditions
that is probably one of the most controversial topics of youtube gun community :)
They all kill.. what compro do you need?
When i was in basic training, during our intro to the m16a2 our drill instructor placed the butt of the rifle on his testicles, squeezed the trigger while it was pointed at a steel ammo can...i was impressed with the results. Low recoil and the back of that ammo can was absolutely mangled. 5.56 is more than enough to get the jobe done.
Sounds like Sergent Hy
My father had a DS do this in basic on full auto
MY DI DID THE SAME.
I recently built my first AR. I have been watching loads of videos on ammo and gun parts. You are by far the most professional, insightful, and clear out of anyone on TH-cam. Thank you so much for teaching me, and for all you do for the gun community.
RyanBurkman182 I realize that your post is 2 years old of course but, how did your build come out? I want to do a precision rifle build this year around a Faxon 20” heavy profile fluted 416R barrel.
No one is going to convince me that the 5.56 is under powered after this video.
It's an assault rifle cartridge after all.A couple of hits more than enough to bring down anyone.
In3x0rable armalite rifle
Mark Butters
Was "Armalite Rifle"
Now " American Rifle"
😂
It’s not underpowered as long as you are fighting within its effective range and you can see wtf is shooting at you.
But doesnt have stopping power as a hevier bullet
Your 5.56 video series is fantastic. It definitely demonstrates the versatility of the 5.56 and shows how important the correct ammo selection is.
These videos are insanely well produced I am impressed
Well first off, I'm impressed with that 5 shot group! Especially at 200 yds and an eotech!
Good shootin tex!
Secondly, I'm surprised the 5.56 rd penetrated the steel AND went all the way through the ballistic gel.
Excellent video.
Best demonstration with a block with penetration I've seen in you tube years. Congrats !!!!!!!!
Videos like this one that clearly show what sort of actual energy effects are being dispensed with every pull of the trigger are what make shooting a lot more interesting!
Thank you for your awesome presentation. I've got some new respect for the 55-grain surplus ammo!
And people say that the 5.56 was meant to wound enemies...😐
+ENZOtaki It goes right through, minimizing damage??? Thats my guess....
oh it's going to wound alright haha
ENZOtaki ya, that will Wound yah!!😵
LOVE the new gel your using. It really lets you see the bullet paths
Never ceases to amaze me the penetration of the 223/556. Good video sir.
Awesome video, very in depth and what a relief to hear from someone who isn't ignorantly cursing in the wind at how power a gun is and isnt. Nice shooting, keep up the good work
Got to have respect a man for his Labor of love,quickly becoming my go to channel for different types of ammo......Hope the Ankle is healing up Faster than mine did!
What kind of tri-pods do you use or recommend?
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE replicate this exact same test with the M855???
Thank you so much for these videos. You are an extraordinary ambassador for the shooting community. Never stop fighting for our rights. I can watch these videos all day. You're the man!!!
Well I've been stocking up on M855 exclusively , because it was my hope that it would take out the bad guy if he hid behind something like a car door. But based on your test, the m193 will do just that, so I'll be stocking up on the 193 as well. Thank you, excellent info as always
LadyJesterSurfer
A car door offers no protection. a 22lr flies through it. I learned a lot about what bullets do to a car when my cousin and I shot a car up at a junk yard in trade for an old cj wrangler, junk but the body was good. A 223 went through the entire car front to back, side to side. most 223 fmj's even punched into certain parts of the block, which was a 4 banger, but still, it would kill the motor after 10 shots for sure and this was a Toyota corolla we shot up. just shows how full of shit Hollywood is when they have movies where a car takes hundreds of rounds and yet the driver is not hit unless it's through the window, which is still bs, lol.
Cool stuff, not all cars are equal. 5.45 was more impressive cause its skinny and slipped through what blew my mind in my non scientific tests imho I dont mind small rounds and neither does NATO or Russians.
Well done. Great video. I agree with you 100% on the choice of ammo.
Wow. Great video. Thanks for clarifying the yardage. Most impressive.
That xm193 is cooking out of the 20" barrel. That little bit of extra velocity will sometimes allow it to penetrate 1/4" hardened steel plate.
Best shtf combo. A s&w m&p sport2, a dozen extra pmags and a case of m193. And you're ready to rock and roll.
Great for the cost, especially a few years ago.
5.56=dirty little round. that same bullet can go through a level 3 steel body armor plate when shot close range out of a 20-22 in barrel. doesn't even have "penetrator" capability.
That clear ballistic gel is awesome. It's like going from standard to high definition video.
Just came across this today! Best ballistics gel/ target steel penetration test out there...very informative. Liking my XM193's now much better than my M855's. Great video... TH-cam has to do something with their algorithimns as you shot this over 7 years ago.
This is the first time it was suggested to me.
First class video. Excellent production value. Enjoyed it!
No other channel on TH-cam or cable TV delivers the goods like you do, TN9.
Thank you for another informational, imaginative, and inspiring video!
You produce some of the finest quality videos on all of TH-cam. Well done and highly informative and very useful. Thank you for your service.
Love the new clear ballistic gel. Great work. I appreciate it.
Wow, I was not expecting the holes in the steel to be so big. Really hit it with a punch. Slow mo was awesome. Great vid as always
that clear gel is awsone man, amazing to see the wound track like that!!
I really like these videos that you do, they are very informative and give me real world results of what the cartridges and arms you use can do.
That was eye-opening for me. I'm sure others were not surprised, but I wouldn't have thought it'd just slip right through the whole rig without much of a hiccup.
No, the velocity is just so great that, combined with the yaw of the projectile in tissue/gel, etc., it tears itself apart.
Loving the rifle ammo tests! Keep them coming!
I love the clear gel. Those spiral patterns are beautiful 8 )~
Your gel tests are great. Switching to the clear gel makes the track much easier to see.
Not bad for a round designed to hit skinny unarmored VCs close up in the jungle !
Amazing video as always. You're very professional. I enjoy your vids. Straight to the point without too much none sense talk and acting.
that clear gel is awesome!
That was excellent. I was wondering if you would do this test with a 300 Blackout, 16" barrel using 110gr - 125gr supersonic ammunition. I am fully vested in the blackout but since I live in northern Illinois, I have to drive 3-5 hours to reach a range where I can shoot past 75 yards. I enjoy the work you do here on the channel.
I don't own a 300 Blackout.
The best barrel length for 300 aac is 8.5 inches. All the powder is burned off in that distance where a 556 needs the 16 + inches to get peak velocity. 16" is just extra weight while the accuracy remains the same (up to the shooter) I haven't seen steel core 300 like the xm193 so I'd suspect it would shatter since it's moving slower (2000 fps) and would not get the penetration the xm193 can.
Michael White cv
All this Bull about 5.56 and Weak?? come on guy's everybody knows this round packs a lot of energy. Most of the shooters on here know the difference it's just the silly comments which annoy me. Any Round! and all Firearms are Dangerous! even a 22LR is leathal. Buy the Way outstanding Video!
Not to metion the absolute beauty of how flat it shoots...7.62 is like lobbing bowling balls compared to the 5.56
The 5.56 is a versatile round. I have it in my AR15 with a 16" barrel and a 22" bolt action rifle.
Those are interesting results...especially if deer are armor plated. Have you gel tested 5.56 m193 and 855 at 200, 300, or 500 meter range?
Very well done video and test, really enjoyed it. Thanks for you time and work.
That was very cool, I love the ease of seeing the track in the clear gel
You really go all out with your well done videos. Beautiful countryside as well. Thanks for sharing.
keep them coming love all your hard work.. hope your feeling better thomas.
Outstanding video! You are such a trooper, hobbling along on the bum ankle. Man! this demonstration really opened my eyes. Well done. Hope the ankle is healing well.
tnoutdoors9. Thank you for posting this regarding the Lake City XM 193. I enjoy your work and find it informative. Again thanks. All the best to you.
The clear gel is really a nice touch. Very informative, thank you.
That clear gel looks amazing!
Great video. Glad to see you're feeling well enough to get out and move around.
Most definitely will do the business!!!!! Nice review my friend and love it my friend!!!!
Been watching a lot of your pistol tests, absolutely love the clear block!
This is about the only test video that means something.
Most other vids on YT, show a gel block being shot at close range, where damage is assured to happen !
As a side note, the 1:9 twist was designed for the M193. The M4 and A3 onward (and later A2's) had a 1:7 twist to handle the M855. The 1:7 worked equally well with the M193 but your groups open up noticeably with the 1:9 with the M855
Awesome video!!!! 5.56 kicks butt!!!
AK, 7.62x51mm? Or do you meant 7.62x39mm? ;)
Very awesome. Keep up the good work. I like the variety of ammo you are testing, which is representative of what a lot of us shoot.
I'm loving the new clear gel media!!
such a prefressional uploader. definately subcribed. the detail and personal testing to verify veolicites is exactly what we want. much appreciated.
Nice for you to come back. Sure did miss thoes vids. Love the channel
Thanks for explaining you made it a lot more difference to tell between Green tip and one or the other.
Timely...was just looking at picking up more green tips, but now I'll just add to my M193s. Thanks!
I hope you healed up well! I was missing the videos, I'm so glad your back. As always great video, I don't think anyone else makes such real world informational ammo videos as you do! Thank you for making my day!
Love you semi Scientific Reviews. I love seeing how the different rounds react in the Gel.. Keep it up
Yet another GREAT video! Thank you, sir!
Outstanding presentation TN ! Always enjoy and appreciate all the work that goes into these.
Looks like the jacket turned completely inside out on the first shot. Loving the new gel as well, the way its capturing the tracks, keeping them 'frozen in time'. Nice vid as always TNOutdoors9! Burk
Love that clear gel. Now Santa needs to give you a high speed camera!
Luv that clear gel!
Likin' the clear gel! Wish I had a backyard like that!!
Those clear gels are beautiful! :-)
What was your hold over if any at all?
Tnoutdoors9 I really would like to thank you for making these educational and interesting videos. I know that it takes a lot of work to make the jell. And I really appreciate you putting all that work into making videos for other people to enjoy
you are the best on youtube for ballistic gel review ever no discution needed. I like the clear ballistic medium but still prefer the Sim-test to see really what's going on inside. Hope you haven't replaced it by the clear gel!
Excellent high quality videos - very well filmed and very well commentated.
Thank you.
Glad to see your back in action!
I hope your're feeling better! I was ver surprised by the results of the XM193 vs the XM855. Both seemed to penetrate the steel equally well. What then would be a situation which would require the use of XM855?
Nice, love the clear block showing the path.
Amazing. I suspect the left shot dissipated more energy to the flexing of the clamped plate than did the right shot.
These videos are ridiculously good. TnOutdoors9 has a knack for investigating exactly the sort of stuff people want to see! Much appreciated.
Keep these tests up! Awesome work! Very good camera angles and setup!
Yes that is the round. I use that for my deer rifle and am interested in seeing how the round expands. Now I use 7mm and .243 for deer hunting so I know it will act a little different than a .223 but it will still be similar I am sure.
amazing killing power
annoys me that people still think that mevieval armour can stop 20th century rifle ammunition
Who thinks that?
i remember about 3 year ago this range officer were telling me that my AR15 wont drop anyone over 100yard , he say 223/5.56 is weak (typical AK fan boy), i was about to tell him go down range to prove he is right.
7.62×39 has more energy than typical 5.56 beyond something like 400 or 500 yards, but is also less accurate at that distance because the 7.62 bullets tend to lose stability around then while 5.56 doesn't. Closer than that, they're similar enough in kinetic energy that bullet design is probably more important than the caliber, but that's just my opinion and I don't actually know. Personally I own an Ak47 and not an AR15 yet, I just prefer .30 caliber guns over .22 caliber because they're more fun to shoot and I like the design of the AK platform more.
@@dELTA13579111315 the issue with the 7.62 is that at the 100-300 meter range where most people engage at it penetrates soft targets too rapidly leaving a narrow wound channel and suffering lower lethality than the 5.56 which yaws and fragments in that window causing a larger wound channel and improved lethality.
@@dELTA13579111315 oh unless you have a short barrel, like the M4s 16.5 inch barrel, then the reduced muzzle velocity reduces the likelihood of yawing and fragmenting reducing the lethality of the 5.56.
@Frank The Tank hydrostatic shock dmaage is a myth. The increased velocities and improved ballistics of longer barrels is physics
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And that muzzel velocity is tied to yawing and fragmenting of the cannelure that is the trademark of the 5.56 NATO round vs the normal yawing in soft tissue that all spitzer shaped rounds will do.
As a result the shorter barreled M16s/M4s who generate less muzzle velocity progressively generate less and less yawing and fragmenting of the cannelure than the longer barrels, generating smaller wound channels than the longer barrels and being less lethal at comparable distances. Additionally the reduced velocity reduces the range they are most lethal at as compared to the longer barrels.
Its not a myth, though saying the 16inch barrel doesn't yaw at all is a gross simplification on my part being more precise was not necessary in a youtube comment.
The importance of this particular kind of yawing and fragmenting in 5.56 nato rounds also results in a reduced lethality for all barrel lengths at close ranges.
Also shorter barrels are louder and produce more muzzle flash.
The 20inch barrel is the optimum barrel length for the 5.56 nato round, the .223 Remington is different and I imagine barrel length is less important to it for a number of reasons but I don't know anywhere close to as much about it as I do the 5.56 Nato.
@Frank The Tank I do agree that the 5.56 does outclass the 7.62 against soft targets. But the 7.62 has slightly better penetration than the 5.56 at most ranges.
Well done. The new gel is fantastic. Keep em coming!
The almost 50 year old M193 cartridge continues to impress. My tests comparing it to the M855 cartridge have shown the M193 to actually have MORE penetrating ability despite the 'penetrating' tip of the M855.
The only thing good about the M855 is that it weighs 62 grains and makes a good practice round for those of us with 1x7 twist. Those with 1x9 twist will be very well served with the old 55 grain M193.
Great test, great video. I'm loving the clear gel tests, hope you are able to continue with those.
Thanks!
Good showing. Glad that you are maneuvering.
Glad to see your doing better. Love video. U have the best. Yes i would like to get some of them for my mini 14 501 series. The green tips shoot good out of my AR15. But I have the 1x7 twist. My mini 14 has a 1x9 .keep adding behind more jell. Lol great video sir ty
Great vid. Good to have you back!
Hey buddy just wanted to say welcome back!!! Its good to see you up and running again (no pun intended lol) Great video as usual! thanks for all the work you put in! Semper Fi
ive been waiting for a new video from you and you didnt let me down. very cool video. it just keeps getting better sir thanks for the quality
Will the 2 nato rounds go through 1/2 inch hot rolled steel or (2) 1/4 inch plates at close or long ranges?
Is this more or less penetration that a hollow point. You should do the same test with one of each kind of tip. Including Armour piercing.
Great video, excellent use of clear gel.
this video is brilliant. I look forward to more caliber tests. great for reference.
Thanks Tom. And curses! Now I need an AR with a ton of XM193.
Damn I did not know that the M193s did that on mild steel.
love these rifle balistics videos. keep them coming sir and than you