Least penetrating 7.62x54r ammo
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iH8DemLibz
When All Else Fails.
A typical human is about 14 inches thick from front to back.
Drywall is 5/8ths of an inch thick.
I'm thinking you should cut your penetration requirements in half.
Go with hunting ammunition that will fully expand.
Drywall is 5/8ths of an inch thick.
I'm thinking you should cut your penetration requirements in half.
Go with hunting ammunition that will fully expand.
Commercially available? Kind of doubt it unless there's a specialty hunting round out there I haven't heard of. Brown/Silver Bear soft-points have the lowest muzzle velocity that I can find from commercially produced, but that's a 203grn projo pushing 2330FPS at the muzzle which is still a hell of a lot of force at 2447lb/ft. You could always roll your own I guess?
ericoak
don't drop Aboma on me
Home defense Mosin?
Half-cocked
Senior Meatbag
- Mar 14, 2006
- 23,937
Wow. That’s a little like asking, “which 10 pound sledgehammer will do the least damage, if it’s dropped onto my thumb from 300 feet?”
You should not even be considering using 7.62x54R for home defense. End thread.
You should not even be considering using 7.62x54R for home defense. End thread.
thomfantomas
Crna Ovca
A Shotgun/Handgun is all you need for HD not a Dragonov DMR in 7.62x54r.
iH8DemLibz
When All Else Fails.
Why would anyone even consider a battle round for home defense???? It closely parallels a 3006. Do you want to blind unwelcome democrat with muzzle flash?
offthepaper
Ultimate Member
Do you live in Stalingrad?
namrelio
Ultimate Member
Throw small boxes of it and hope to hit the perp in the head.
I had one for about six months until i knew enough and had enough people to ask that I trusted to invest in an AR/Mossberg home defense combo.
It's not too bad provided you spend a bit of time smoothing the action and learn to hold it vertical as it's way too long to manuever effectively. I trusted the ole Rooskie war rifle over my Marlin Model 60.
alucard0822
For great Justice
Nothing wrong with a full power rifle for home defense, provided it's a handy size, capacity/followup speed is useable. Not much difference tactically IMO between a mosin carbine and 12ga pump with 5 loaded rounds, either will flatten a threat and truck though lots of drywall. "Overpenetration" is grossly exagerated IMO, most any round that will stop a threat will go through drywall, and clear misses are likely enough that I wouldn't put too much stock in a round that underpenetrates in a body. A powerful effective round, especially from a long gun the shooter is proficient with will reduce the probable round count in a defensive shooting, and IMO is safer. Would rather my neighbor take out a threat with a round or two of 7.62 than the neighbor and attacker dumping mags worth of ammo at each other with handguns. Figure any 7.62x54R will have plenty of penetration and devastating power, pick a lighter weight load to reduce recoil and speed followup shots, different schools of thought weather the mild expansion of a SP or the damage from a FMJ yawing and tumbling would be more desireable.
Biggfoot44
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- Aug 2, 2009
- 33,145
Know the location of all your family members. Know the direction of your neighbor(s) homes . Don't shoot in those directions unless you really, really , have to .
Stagstalker
Active Member
Op, you'll need bullets constructed with a lead core, they retain weight while mushrooming well thereby reducing some penetration. Great old 30cal hunting rounds were made by rem and winchester with large flat lead tips, more modern stuff with ballistic tips like hornady n nosler, none as readily available in x54 loading as the russian "brown bear", if its made with a soft lead its prolly a great stopping bullet. Hard to beat some back yard ballistics testing.
Guys guys guys, I have the ar15 and pistol thing for home defense. Just was asking the question I was asking. Is there a round that maybe I have not heard of or seen the ballistic testing of that penetrates the least. So far it seems as if it would be Brown Bear 203sp.
Is purpose of bayonet.
Also hunting of the deers.
Also hunting of the deers.
Biggfoot44
Ultimate Member
- Aug 2, 2009
- 33,145
In a home defense context , all commonly available 7.62x54R ammo rounds off to " whole buncha penetration " , with nothing meaningfully lesser.
If you change the question to most likely to maybe expand for two legged predators, the answer would be a 150-ish gr soft point intended for hunting .
If you change the question to most likely to maybe expand for two legged predators, the answer would be a 150-ish gr soft point intended for hunting .
Whiskey
Active Member
Maybe a frangible bullet in a light load? I didn't look to see if one exists in nature though.
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