50 Bmg Penetration Test on Steel Plate

**General Ripper.** · August 9th, 2008, 07:24 PM

This 11/16 thick steel railroad tie plate was hit with two rounds from my .50 cal browning from a distance of 100 yards. The impact pocket in the middle is from a blue tip incendiary bullet (no penetrator) and the one high right with a pencil thru it was an armor piercing incendiary bullet.

**Shawn.L** · August 9th, 2008, 07:25 PM

how thick is that steel?
i dont know what 11/16 thick means.

**PisnNapalm** · August 9th, 2008, 07:33 PM

11/16ths of an inch thick.

or

.6875 inches thick.

**brian** · August 9th, 2008, 08:22 PM

just under three quarters of an inch.

which is nothing for a "regular" fmj .50.

ap .30-06 will do that as well.

you need to dig up some 1.5"PL and put that api to the test.