Can a .22 mag or .17mag pierce armour?
Out of a rifle of course.
I ask because of the 5.7 fn being able to do so and with it being essentially a .22 with a rifle bullet design. Out of a pistol it generates 2100 fps or so with a 28 grain weight projectile and the .22 mag out of a rifle generates 1900 fps or so with a 40 grain I believe.
The necked down .17 with the .22 mag case is not far off from the German 4.8mm projectile fired from the MP-7.
Could either of these pierce armour?
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