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Originally Posted by svandamme
Not to be funny, but, have you tried it yourself?
The thing is, i have a .45 acp DW 1911 and my house is a row house with a neighbor on each side.
I don't ever want to try shooting either of my walls, let al one the ones where my neighbors are.. In fact i don't even like the idea of having the gun stored with a round chambered in the house... A full mag near the gun and knowing i can rack it quick if i have to suffices.
But can't test myself, not in test it in open air, as gun laws don't permit open air plinking and no shooting range will let me shoot bricks.
So i preferably my question remains hypothetical, but was hoping somebody could shed some light on this, with first hand experience...
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"Normal" .45 ball ammunition is about 850 fps. It will not penetrate concrete blocks or baked clay bricks. It will shatter them, but not pass completely through. And yes, I have tested them.
You can load the .45 Auto up to about 1300 fps with thicker full metal jacketed bullets like the designs for the Federal Truncated Cone bullets that will penetrate.