AR15 FOR HOME DEFENSE

[rcs9250]

A couple days ago I helped a friend assemble an outdoor barbecue unit on his patio. A block of plywood was used in shipping to support the grill.
The plywood was 15 ply by 1 3/4” (45mm) thick.
When I saw it, I immediately knew I needed to shoot at it.

So I took it to the range yesterday and set it up at 100 yards. Took two shots at it with .223 Hornady Varmint Express. I thought for sire I would be digging a mushroomed piece of lead out of the board. Nope.
A neighbor has been considering getting an AR for home defense. He and I live on a cul de sac in a typical suburban neighborhood.
Depending on the angle of the shot, drywall would be no challenge for a .223 round.
My boss on the seriffs department was in a firefight with some bad guys a few years back. Their M4’s were allegedly using some kind of frangible, I think, ammo that was safe for urban skirmishes. They found that even that ammo went through both sides of the dwellings fridge and its contents.
I’m in the shotgun home defense school for where I live but YMMV.

 

[GSP7]

Oh my , I hear the ar15s will blow up the whole house,,, and kill all your neighbors

 

[Hertervillian]

Might try a varmint load before you give up.

 

[s4s4u]

AR-15 is great for home defense. I have one next to my bed all the time, but it isn't chambered in 5.56

 

[Jakeintexas]

A .223 is good for not ‘over penetrating’ but certainly will go through drywall. It’s a good choice for home defense.

There’s alot of stuff that’s worse for so called over penetration including buckshot and slugs.

I don’t get it. You can’t have something that will penetrate enough to stop a threat but not go through other stuff too. To me that makes no sense. So whatever one uses has the ability to get through some barriers in the event of a miss.

 

[gunzo]

Not only potential/maybe certain over penetration problems,,, but outside my bedroom door is a hallway & thinking that lighting off an AR there would be bigtime hearing damage.
Looked over a few shotguns today with thoughts of one replacing the AR behind my BR door.

 

[Jakeintexas]

Not only potential/maybe certain over penetration problems,,, but outside my bedroom door is a hallway & thinking that lighting off an AR there would be bigtime hearing damage.
Looked over a few shotguns today with thoughts of one replacing the AR behind my BR door.

Or you could get a set of those walker ear muffs with the electric amplifier for around 50 bucks or so and put them by your bed.