I'm glad that you clearly had fun while making this video and decided to post your cool experiment on TH-cam for all to see. However, it is an INCREDIBLY INACCURATE representation of the performance of .22LR. Why? Because you didn't use .22LR. You used .22 Long, a largely-obsolete cartridge which will chamber in most firearms designed for .22LR, but is MASSIVELY less powerful. According to Barnes and Skinner's 11th-edition Cartridges Of The World, 29-grain .22 Long loads like the ones seen here produce a velocity of approximately 1,038 feet per second for a ballistic energy of 67 ft-lb. However, these seem to be marketed as subsonic loads, which would reduce their velocity to below 900 feet per second. Even if we are to assume that this means the bullet is going EXACTLY 899 feet per second, we get an absolute maximum ballistic energy for the specific rounds shown in this video of 52 ft-lb. Compare that to a 30-grain .22LR which travels at 1,640 feet per second for a ballistic energy of 191 ft-lb, and you have a round that fires a nearly-identical bullet yet has three times the potency. .22 Long DOES NOT HOLD A CANDLE to the performance of .22LR. I can guarantee with absolute certainty that every single .22LR fired at this windshield from that distance would have penetrated, even out of a standard handgun-length barrel. To reiterate... Your .22 Long: MAXIMUM of 52 ft-lb @ 899 FPS. The .22LR you thought you were using: MINIMUM of 191 ft-lb @ 1640 FPS. You can see why I'm concerned about people taking your test results for granted. Again, this is an awesome video, but please read ammunition labels carefully or the consequence next time could be far worse than just misinformation. If I said anything inaccurate myself, please do correct me.
Depending on the glass window. The higher the price of a window cost the harder the window is. And the more higher the price is you can buy a bulletproof window that can resist more powerful bullets.
I'm glad that you clearly had fun while making this video and decided to post your cool experiment on TH-cam for all to see. However, it is an INCREDIBLY INACCURATE representation of the performance of .22LR.
Why? Because you didn't use .22LR. You used .22 Long, a largely-obsolete cartridge which will chamber in most firearms designed for .22LR, but is MASSIVELY less powerful. According to Barnes and Skinner's 11th-edition Cartridges Of The World, 29-grain .22 Long loads like the ones seen here produce a velocity of approximately 1,038 feet per second for a ballistic energy of 67 ft-lb. However, these seem to be marketed as subsonic loads, which would reduce their velocity to below 900 feet per second. Even if we are to assume that this means the bullet is going EXACTLY 899 feet per second, we get an absolute maximum ballistic energy for the specific rounds shown in this video of 52 ft-lb.
Compare that to a 30-grain .22LR which travels at 1,640 feet per second for a ballistic energy of 191 ft-lb, and you have a round that fires a nearly-identical bullet yet has three times the potency. .22 Long DOES NOT HOLD A CANDLE to the performance of .22LR. I can guarantee with absolute certainty that every single .22LR fired at this windshield from that distance would have penetrated, even out of a standard handgun-length barrel.
To reiterate...
Your .22 Long: MAXIMUM of 52 ft-lb @ 899 FPS.
The .22LR you thought you were using: MINIMUM of 191 ft-lb @ 1640 FPS.
You can see why I'm concerned about people taking your test results for granted.
Again, this is an awesome video, but please read ammunition labels carefully or the consequence next time could be far worse than just misinformation.
If I said anything inaccurate myself, please do correct me.
Depending on the glass window. The higher the price of a window cost the harder the window is. And the more higher the price is you can buy a bulletproof window that can resist more powerful bullets.
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What handgun where you using? I just purchased a GSG FireFly .22lr Great video I'm Subscribing.
What gun did you use? Pistol or rifle?
Neat , you should try with birdshot