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reddog81 · December 18, 2017, 12:50 PM

I'd guess the 6.5 started to slow down and tumble while the 50 just punched right through it.

Shoot a regular sized 80 page magazine with a .22lr and a 9mm. The results will be the same. The 22 will have a large exit hole because it's "slowly" tearing through the last half of the pages, and the 9mm is still trucking along and produces a nice clean hole.

December 18, 2017, 12:50 PM	#17
reddog81 Senior Member Join Date: October 16, 2014 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,634	I'd guess the 6.5 started to slow down and tumble while the 50 just punched right through it. Shoot a regular sized 80 page magazine with a .22lr and a 9mm. The results will be the same. The 22 will have a large exit hole because it's "slowly" tearing through the last half of the pages, and the 9mm is still trucking along and produces a nice clean hole.