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<blockquote data-quote="carleb" data-source="post: 2850768" data-attributes="member: 2353"><p>Do not try this at home! This experiment was done by a trained professional idiot! Many years ago, I had a 35 Whelen Improved, loaded with 250 gr. soft nosed bullets at approx. 2500 fps. I also had a random piece of steel approx. 5"X10"X7/8". I welded the piece of steel upon a channel steel "T" for a base and shot the steel with the 35 Whelen from 100 yards. It did not shoot through, but blew the steel and welded base approx. 3 feet backward and made a crater in the steel plate that resembled a wide mouthed volcano and put a sizeable bump on the backside of the steel plate. I have not tried any such experiment since. I surmised a 375 H&H with 300 gr steel jacketed bullets would have penetrated through, but I only surmised. Hard to imagine the 50 bmg would not have penetrated that plate, but I can only guess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="carleb, post: 2850768, member: 2353"] Do not try this at home! This experiment was done by a trained professional idiot! Many years ago, I had a 35 Whelen Improved, loaded with 250 gr. soft nosed bullets at approx. 2500 fps. I also had a random piece of steel approx. 5"X10"X7/8". I welded the piece of steel upon a channel steel "T" for a base and shot the steel with the 35 Whelen from 100 yards. It did not shoot through, but blew the steel and welded base approx. 3 feet backward and made a crater in the steel plate that resembled a wide mouthed volcano and put a sizeable bump on the backside of the steel plate. I have not tried any such experiment since. I surmised a 375 H&H with 300 gr steel jacketed bullets would have penetrated through, but I only surmised. Hard to imagine the 50 bmg would not have penetrated that plate, but I can only guess. [/QUOTE]
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