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AK rounds are 7.62mm so they have a lot of mass and speed.Is it possible for a round from an AK-47 to pass all the way through a person's body at 100 yards? I'm not a gun expert but everything I've read is that AK rounds are designed to disrupt but not pass through. The Arizona Rancher being charged with second degree murder of a Drug Cartel Guide is the situation related to my question.
Yup. Better to use a bigger round to take down a deer than an AR which will just mangle the meat.Easily.....Hell at 100 yards even a soft point will pass through a 175# deer hit in the boiler room and take a shoulder or rib out in the process depending on the angle of penetration......A FMJ round, zip-zip.
Not so much anymore what with the hunting ammo that has been developed. But hell I've killed several deer with a old Mini-14 using 55 gr soft points and well placed shots. No big deal at all.Yup. Better to use a bigger round to take down a deer than an AR which will just mangle the meat.
Most of the hunting I did was with 30-30 Winchester lever action. Open sights. It seemed to have more knock down power than my brother's 30-06 closer in. I think it was because his would go right thru and mine was lower velocity but heavy.Not so much anymore what with the hunting ammo that has been developed. But hell I've killed several deer with a old Mini-14 using 55 gr soft points and well placed shots. No big deal at all.
My nephew showed off his SKS when I visited him last. Not sure how that one fires.Easily.....Hell at 100 yards even a soft point 7.62 X 39 hunting round will pass through a 175# deer hit in the boiler room and take a shoulder or rib out in the process depending on the angle of penetration......A FMJ round, zip-zip and keep trucking.
Of course there are two flavors of Soviet AK rounds 7.62 X 39 and 5.45 X 39.....5.45 X 45 is a wicked round and tends to yawl when it strikes but I suspect it would still pass through.
It (5.45 X 39) has a rearward center of gravity that sometimes causes the projectile to flip, base forward, upon impact.
AK 47 - 7.62 X39 (left)
AK-74 - 5.45 X 39 (right)
5.56 NATO on left....5.45 X 39 on right
It just seems that way.....A well designed soft point or hollow point should exit the animal. Bullet selection is everything.Most of the hunting I did was with 30-30 Winchester lever action. Open sights. It seemed to have more knock down power than my brother's 30-06 closer in. It think it was because his would go right thru and mine was lower velocity but heavy.
My brother is 13 years older than me.It just seems that way.....A well designed soft point or hollow point should exit the animal. Bullet selection is everything.
Most of my early deer killing was done with a 1955 Marlin 336C "Texan" in .35 Remington using 200 gr SP fodder. I never had anything get-up when hit with it.....Always passed through too. Then again shots were usually around 100 yards. I did take my last buck with it at 140-odd yards.
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Is it possible for a round from an AK-47 to pass all the way through a person's body at 100 yards? I'm not a gun expert but everything I've read is that AK rounds are designed to disrupt but not pass through. The Arizona Rancher being charged with second degree murder of a Drug Cartel Guide is the situation related to my question.
OK, so....All the 7.62x39 ammo I have except for the hunting ammo is FMJ with a steel core. Here's an old steel safe I bought at a garage sale years ago and never could get opened: The front panel is 1/4" steel and the rest of the body is thinner. I shot it from 25 yards and the rounds made nice craters in the front like it was liquid, but didn't go through the back. These were doing about 1550 fps, would still be doing about 1200 fps at 100 yards, and would still have about 1000 ft. lbs. of energy at that range.
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Must have been a few years ago.All the 7.62x39 ammo I have except for the hunting ammo is FMJ with a steel core. Here's an old steel safe I bought at a garage sale years ago and never could get opened: The front panel is 1/4" steel and the rest of the body is thinner. I shot it from 25 yards and the rounds made nice craters in the front like it was liquid, but didn't go through the back. These were doing about 1550 fps, would still be doing about 1200 fps at 100 yards, and would still have about 1000 ft. lbs. of energy at that range.
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I shot a deer running away from me, right up the asshole. About 80 meters away.Yes. Quite easily. If it hits center mass into a rib, and then deflects into the spine that will most likely stop it, but if all you hit is meat, then yeah.
It will zip right through.
I'd set up steel targets or cheap liter bottles of soda pop.At least 10 years ago, I don't remember exactly. My back yard is full of worthless junk that ended up being targets.
I shot a deer running away from me, right up the asshole. About 80 meters away.
Only target I had. Kind of messed up his hindquarters.
Took him half an hour to die.
I wanted to shoot him in the head to stop him from screaming but my brother once again said no.
One of the reasons I don't hunt anymore. Besides the fact that I don't like venison anyway. I like shooting, but not killing. If I had to do it to eat I'd do it, no problem.
