Is Titanium Bulletproof? (Video)

So… is titanium bulletproof? Let’s find out.

In this Demolition Ranch video, ol’ whats-his-name shows us a slab of the metal that was sent to him by Tactical Advantage Armory . He then proceeds to set it up and shoot at it. What could be more sensible?

He starts with two rounds from a 22 LR rimfire round from a pistol, which pretty much just splat against it. Then he moves on to what he calls “a real caliber” (hopefully tongue-in-cheek) – 9mm. Barely a dent.

44 magnum? About the same.

Then I find that he’s stolen the name of my own 45-70 (Thumper) and applied it to a Henry rifle of the same caliber. Well, a 400-grain bullet almost had no effect on the titanium. So he grabbed a 325-grain Hornady LeveRevolution round–you know, the kind with a red plastic ballistic tip. It’s faster and thus predicted to “go deeper.” But yeah, not as much effect as the 400-grainer.

Next comes a similar round from a 30-30 – 160-grain tipped bullet, rated at 2400 fps. Meh.

12 gauge, one-ounce slug? Fun! And the most impressive result so far.

7.62×39 FMJ from an AK? Nada.

Up next: 5.56 NATO, firing one of the hoodoo-ish “green tip” penetrating rounds. This did the best so far, but it’s still far from penetrating the big ol’ slab of metal.

50 BMG, presumably with a standard bullet, followed by a black tip armor piercing round from the same rifle. You’ll have to watch to see those results. They’re impressive, as the image above suggests.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3fBkNIROg4?feature=oembed&w=660&h=371]

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