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It is very very hard for me to believe that at 300 yard (274.32 m) that a 40gr bullet with a velocity less then 600ft/s and an energy impact of less then 30ft can penetrate one inch (25.4mm) of pine. I am not a rocket scientist but I am not dumb either. At the range we observed that .22lr had a hard time penetrating 2mm of fiberglass plastic @100 yard. Some did penetrate the plastic but other was “capture/held” by it.
I am not saying you guys are wrong but you got to realize that 1” is very wide. I do not believe that a .22lr will penetrate 1” of pinewood.
Honest folks if the .22lr is just so good a sniper round then why not use it as the standard sniper round instead of the .308. Replace the .223 with .22lr. in the M16. This will save taxpayers a lot of money.
The .22lr is a great tool for very close range assassination. The Soviet uses it in WWII because in most cases it is the only rifle that was available to them.
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