No matter what bullet you choose you simply can t indiscriminately start firing through walls in your house.
How much drywall sheets would a 38 bullet go though.
I don t know a osb to drywall equivalence but in my moderate construction experience 11 16 osb is probably about as resistant to a bullet as about 1 2 1 1 2 of drywall with it being more resistant at higher velocities similar to how water behaves.
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Your vinyl siding 1 8 steel plate vapor barrier paper 3 4 plywood 2x4 studs 3 4 plywood then 3 8 drywall.
4x12 drywall is another option if you have tall or long walls.
It will go through the first 3 8 surface but not the second 3 8 surface.
I also measured the velocity of the bullets after they exited the drywall using a chronograph.
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Birdshot out of a 3 shell will go through thick sheet metal.
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I often fill old tires with dirt and the round will go through the tread through the dirt and out the other side of the tire.
7 62 x 39 is another nasty round that will do the same.
Birdshot out of a 2 3 4 shell will not 22 lr will go through a gallon milk jug filled with water 22lr will go through most stud type boards 45 acp will go through a small sappling tree of about 1 1 2 thick.
Osb of any thickness is going to much better resist a bullet compared to drywall.
Once the wall section was finished i fired various rounds from 15 feet away from the wall.
These drywall sheets provide the best value and weigh a little over 50 pounds making them easier to handle than larger drywall panels.
Even if your load shows poor penetration in the test results below it will still go through at least two walls.
To hang a 4 x 8 sheet of drywall the cost is around 65 and it s around 100 for a 4 x 12 sheet.
Armorcore offers bullet resistant panels in 8 different levels of protection for commercial applications.
The current drywall cost is somewhere around 2 per square foot for labor and materials.
All of your defensive ammo will go through a few walls.
Also two complete wall sections would better record the effects of bullet deformation and tumbling as it passed through each sheet of drywall.
While 4x12 drywall sheets take a few people to set up they create a smooth unbroken surface from floor to ceiling when positioned vertically.
