The document summarizes an experiment testing a bullet catcher device's ability to stop .50 caliber machine gun rounds. Three shots from a .50 caliber gun with a 45 inch barrel firing 692 grain steel core bullets were fired at the device. For all three shots, the bullet catcher was able to stop the round without the bullet exiting, though the steel core separated from the jacket on the first shot and left bulges where it impacted the device. Velocities were recorded between 2860 and 2921 feet per second for the three shots.

1. against a .50 caliber machine gun! Testing a Bullet Catcher 22LR 22LR

2. TO CAPTURE A 50BMG BULLET 22LR 5.56 7.62x39 7.62N .30-'06 .50 BMG

3. .50 BMG CARTRIDGE 692-gr. Steel Core Bullet 232-gr. Nominal Muzzle Vel. = 2900f/s KE = 12,922ft-lbs Momentum = 8.89lb-sec.

4. Dick Rogers Safariland Dustin Engel MCSD Recovery Device MARCH 10, 2009 MCSD RANGE, BUCKEYE, AZ

5. CED Chronograph Two “ Sighters”

6. VIEW BACK to the GUN POSITION Recovery Ports

7. .50BMG ammo .50BMG 45” bbl.

9. SHOT 1 IMPACT VELOCITY

10. NO EXIT! NO BULGE! Impact Vel. = 2860f/s KE = 12,568ft-lbs Momentum = 8.79lb-sec. Unit Moved 3.75-in.

11. RECOVERY: STEEL CORE at the FAR END SEPARATED JACKET ca. 32”

12. SHOT 1 – Impact Velocity = 2860f/s

13. SHOT 2 – Impact Velocity = 2899f/s

14. STEEL CORE IMPACT SITES

15. SHOT 3 Impact Velocity = 2921f/s Bulge from Steel Core Impact