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Message: <blockquote data-quote="inquisitorthreefive" data-source="post: 6529331" data-attributes="member: 6790589">I know comparatively little about muskets but your statements about lower velocity are, generally, correct. Impact area varies wildly, but on average a musket ball is bigger than a modern bullet with significant overlap. However, I know quite a bit about modern firearms and you are seriously underestimating their ability to penetrate. 18 gauge steel is a 1 mm thick and while not all steel is created equal and neither are all bullets but unless you are using something like AR500 or you have light loads a .357 will care precisely not at all about 18 gauge sheet metal. A .357 revolver can also fire .38 Short Colt and .38 Special with no modification and people often use these lighter loads for target practice. Neither round is especially potent, but I would guess that they might be stopped by 18 gauge sheet steel. In fact, it's probably that a fast .22 would penetrate 18 gauge steel. A cheap hollow steel door has walls about 1mm thick and I'm willing to assume this guy knows what he's shooting at:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl2MBRu9WlU" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl2MBRu9WlU</a>More .22 LR penetration:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbEKKXU4bLo" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbEKKXU4bLo</a>If you'd really like, I can head out to the woods and put some holes in things for demo purposes. I don't own a .357, but a +p 9mm round should suffice as a decent stand in even if it is a bit slower if I can't borrow a .357.</blockquote>

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