.204 Ruger vs Wife’s Frying Pan😁

[Fordevr]

Anyone want to take a guess? Wife got new pans so I get the old ones. At what distance will a .204 Ruger with a Federal 40 Gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip bounce off or NO longer put a hole in the pan? Take your guesses and I’ll post my results this weekend. I should be able to test it anywhere from 100-600 yards.

Closest guess gets bragging rights.😊

[Nyksta]

kinda depends on what kinda pan... the skinny ones would be pretty far... the heavy duty ones, closer

without more info... ill say 350 yards

[DiabeticKripple]

Aluminum or cast iron?

[SHORTMAG]

Sounds like a fun project !!
any ol regular frying pan...I'd say 300 yds.
..any pan with a substantially thicker base on it...less..maybe 200-225'
be real interesting to hear / SEE your results.

[cowmanbob]

100 yards or less

[colroggal]

Originally Posted by cowmanbob

100 yards or less

101 yards. Seriously, depends on the pan. But a cardboard box will cause most of the varmint pills to fragment. Never tried the Noslers, but I'll bet if the pans are good enough to wear out as a set, much past point blank range will leave little more than a lead-stained dimple.

Colin

[dicecurt]

430


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[shiz]

Cast Iron - 100m, Aluminum - 350 m

[oldgutpile]

325 yards

[catnthehat]

351 yards.
Cat

[lclund1946]

555 yards.

It is really amazing how much steel varmint bullets will bore through. My friend had a 3/4" X 3" Diameter gong welded on to another one as a base siting on a post at 100 Meters at his range. I had seen the 110 Speer TNT nearly take the head off of a deer at 100 yards at 3250-3300 fps from my 7mm08. When I shot at the 3/4 mild steel gong it fell off the post and I was certain that the bullet had barely made a mark. However when I went to put it back on the post I was surprised to find a hole, about .284", drilled right through. My son made some gopher targets, from high quality steel, that were meant to swing up when hit with a 22 LR. When the last target was hit they would all reset but they were too heavy for the 22, even at point blank range where shrapnel was directed back towards the shooter, which hardly left a mark on the steel. I set one out at 100 yards and shot the first gopher only to have the target swing slightly back and forth. I thought that they were too heavy for the 110 grain bullet when I found the same with all three. When I went to retrieve the target I found a neat hole drilled through each one. I set them out at 200 yards and found the same. I do wish that I would have tested them to see where they would have worked with the 7mm-08.

[Fordevr]

Partial inconclusive amusing results...to be continued Sunday

So funny story....

I shot at one distance and smoked a hole through as you saw in the earlier pictures. Then I set it up at the second range and it stopped the bullet in the pan. Well that was kinda cool but considering I hit a ridge on the edge of the pan I thought I’d shoot the pan again...I’ll be darned if I didn’t hit the ridge again. Gonna be gone sat. So hope to get one more shot more centered on Sunday before I post the results. Here’s a couple pictures.

[lclund1946]

Originally Posted by Fordevr

Partial inconclusive amusing results...to be continued Sunday

So funny story....

I shot at one distance and smoked a hole through as you saw in the earlier pictures. Then I set it up at the second range and it stopped the bullet in the pan. Well that was kinda cool but considering I hit a ridge on the edge of the pan I thought I’d shoot the pan again...I’ll be darned if I didn’t hit the ridge again. Gonna be gone sat. So hope to get one more shot more centered on Sunday before I post the results. Here’s a couple pictures.

Kind of like hitting a rib when shooting a coyote . A friend has shot over 50 coyotes using Hornady 32 Z-Max bullets and 32 grain Sierra BK "s at about 3850. All have been pass trough's, leaving a bullet size exit when shot through the lungs at 190 yards. One shot quartering to and one quartering away at nearly 300 yards were pass trough's as well. The coyotes were all pretty much bang flops which leads me to believe that Hydrostatic or Hydraulic shock is coming into play. I always thought those exploding gophers were due to the bullets exploding but maybe not?.

Your experiment is really a good idea and look forward to the results. You will have to try to hit the pan closer to the center where there are no ribs.