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 07-06-2009, 05:22 PM | #1 | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 |  Handgun Penetration
Hey all, im new to this forum andhave a question. A guy i know owns a jewlers and not long ago was robbed at gun point, he then chased the guy down the street and the robber turned and fired. The round hit the shop owner but it hit his mobile phone, and bounced off. There was a small hole in his suit but the round didnt go past the phone, it bounced off.
Is this possible, the guy now thinks he is absoloutly indestructable but would a round from a pistol really be deflected that much if you think it has to completely bounce off at a 90 degree angle to avoid hitting him.
I have a few rifles and a shotgun and am not too familiar with handguns.
If this is true then why are we not equipping the armed forces with our old mobile phones, it dont make sense to me.
cheers guys.
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| 07-06-2009, 07:29 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 154 |
There are so many variables and random possibilities here, I couldn't even begin to guess what could've happened. Without knowing any answers to some basic questions, i.e., caliber, distance, etc., I would give this one up to plain-ass dumb luck. __________________
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| 07-06-2009, 08:02 PM | #3 | Sic Semper Tyrannis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: , The Mother Lode Posts: 18,437 |
First off, welcome to the FTF community.
As far as bullet deflection, it sounds like it just wasn't that guys time.  __________________
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| 07-06-2009, 08:11 PM | #4 | Moderator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Austin, Texas, by God!! Posts: 5,529 |
Smaller caliber handguns like .22, .25 and .32 may well do something like this. A .380 might in the proper circumstances. Anything larger/more powerful is not likely to be stopped by a modern cell phone. __________________
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| 07-06-2009, 11:57 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 212 |
Yeah to many variables I would say he was very lucky. Check this site for some very good info on projectile penatration:
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| 07-07-2009, 12:27 AM | #6 | Supporting Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,885 |
I'm calling bull****. I'm on my 3rd phone in as many months because I've bounced them off of a wall or the floor. I don't see them holding up to any sort of bullet.
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| 07-07-2009, 12:30 AM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 821 |
I'd need to see any pictures of said pistol in order to know what caliber it is.
But,sounds like a pellet or maybe even a 22/25.
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| 07-07-2009, 12:39 AM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Albany, New York Posts: 3,252 |
Smaller caliber rounds (.22 thru .38S&W)can be stopped by a cell phone, depending on the cell phone - hell, the cell phones of the 1980's would stop a mortar round. Someone on another Forum posted a similar story about a cell phone stopping a .223 - this sounds like BS to me, and I am ready to sacrifice an old cell phone to prove it... __________________
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| 07-07-2009, 12:43 AM | #9 | Call Me Doug Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: It's because I actually HAVE those skills! Posts: 21,258 |
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Originally Posted by RL357Mag
this sounds like BS to me, and I am ready to sacrifice an old cell phone to prove it...
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| 07-07-2009, 12:46 AM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 821 |
I'm ready to use my current cell phone [env2]. Big piece of junk if there ever was one.
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