[Overpaid Slacker]

I've fired a friend's M82-A1 Barrett .50 at an inch-thick steel plate at 200 yds, and it punched right through. Ditto at 100 (natch).

This friend has probably put 1000 rounds from his .50 through such targets. He works for a company that designs and manufactures mobile defensive shields for militaries around the world, and gets to play with SLAP and other really cool ****, fired at close range towards (hopefully) ballistically resistant material. No injuries yet (though the SLAP rounds put out enough shrapnel to destroy the fluorescent lights in the garage!)

If I'd been hurt while firing, or if he gets hurt while taking reasonable precautions (including distance), I don't think it's "Darwinism", in the sense of the eponymic awards. It's just a fluke.

That guy must've been shooting at inches thick steel.

JP