50 Caliber Air Rifle vs Lexan Part 2

Dragon Claw .50 cal air rifle shooting slugs at multiple layers of Lexan sheet, finally found something that could stop a shot from this gun.

After seeing the slugs fly through single layers of .093" Lexan, I was disappointed because I had really wanted to stop these slugs with it. This is my second try, using dual layers of Lexan sheet. Couldn't get it to break through the plastic sheet, but it sure as heck kept breaking everything else! Even if all that energy wasn't wasted elsewhere though, I don't think it could make it through with the soft lead projectiles.

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[sleightofhandjob]

you should make a housing for the lexan out of metal so that you can drop the pieces of lexan into it and it'll still look amazing on camera

another thing to shoot is clear glycerin soap because in slowmo you can see the trajectory and you can see the glycerin expand. its amazing.

[FuzzyDicePimp]

@sleightofhandjob Yeah, I do plan to revisit this and use a less lazy mounting system to prevent wasted energy.

Before you mentioned it, I had never actually heard of glycerin soap being used as a ballistics medium, but it sure seems like a good idea and from what I looked up on it, I think I'll have to get some and try it. I just wish I had a camera that could record at more than 1200 FPS, because shooting it will still be incredibly fast on film.

[FPSoutback]

thats a beast of a rifle, i want one. as for the supports just run a hole saw through a wood board and lay the lexan over it, then a bit of tape should be enough. not as pretty on camera though :p

[FuzzyDicePimp]

@FPSoutback That's basically what I did for the first try with my .25 pellet rifle, but it broke the board in half anyway. With a good, solid board it would probably work fine, and I might end up doing it like that for the third and final take at it.

[toranste]

Fucked the tree up

[switchingtomac]

@FuzzyDicePimp Yes 5.7 foot pounds is really low and makes many air guns out of reach for a lot of Canadians. There never seems to be a happy medium :(

[FuzzyDicePimp]

@switchingtomac I agree completely, the big bore air guns like this one (plus the more powerful ones) should have at least the same registration as a regular rifle or shotgun. That's what I always say when somebody asks me if it's legal. My gun is on the low power end of big bore air rifles, and the footpounds of energy is still around that of a 9mm. Though I think 5.7 footpounds is a bit low, just about every pellet rifle shoots at more than that and it would be a pain legally.

[FuzzyDicePimp]

@jlvrz95 It's a Sam Yang Dragon Claw that I bought from Pyramyd Air for $600.

[jlvrz95]

And how much?

[jlvrz95]

Where did you get your gun?