Frangible rounds for Home Defense?

[KChen986]

Hey all,

I keep an AR under my bed for quick response in case I hear a bump in the night or need it for some reason. I don't have a shotgun yet, and the .223 round tends to fragment and become non-lethal quicker than a .45ACP. (YES I'VE SEEN THE BOX O' TRUTH TESTS).

Eitherway, I'm afraid of over penetration right now and have some frangible ammunition loaded in my AR. Anybody know of their terminal ballistics properties? Should I return to M193 ball or stick w/ the frangible rounds to avoid possible collateral damage?

Thanks!

[n.turner88]

I may be wrong, but from what i understand is frangibles break upon contact with metal.

[Bill DeShivs]

I have personally shot .223 ball through 1/4" steel plate and destroyed a brick wall behind it.

[Brit]

I have personally shot .223 ball through 1/4" steel plate

Me too! and the damage to the plate looked like it had been burned through by a welding torch.

At three thousand FPS plus, your frangible rounds would ignore your sheet rock walls! On steel they totally vanish! In a human adversary the thought is they would break into several pieces, and stay within the body, and not exit.