How resistant are automobile doors to pistol fire?
Johnathon H asked:
Does anyone know what kinds of bullets can be stoped/rendered un-lethal by the sheetmetal of a cardoor?
I’m just curious because I saw a car door with the paneling off, and it didn’t look thick enough to stop an air rifle! Thanks!
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Does anyone know what kinds of bullets can be stoped/rendered un-lethal by the sheetmetal of a cardoor?
I’m just curious because I saw a car door with the paneling off, and it didn’t look thick enough to stop an air rifle! Thanks!
April 25th, 2010 at 11:55 am
it can’t stop bullets, but air rifle yes. midland4206
April 28th, 2010 at 7:07 am
If your in a car that hasnt been armored, your not safe from anything. Scorp
April 29th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
check out the episode of mythbusters they took a 60’s cadillacand shot the hell out of it with .38.a 44 and even a ak47 and every one of them went threw the doors its not like in the movies thats for sure italianstalian9965
April 30th, 2010 at 9:56 am
Car doors are not that bulletproof. Even a 9mm will find quite a few places to make it through. Trick
May 2nd, 2010 at 12:16 am
unless the car has been armored, or the bullet happens to hit some heavier internal door structute, it will not stop bullets, except from air rifles, and im sure some of the more powerful air rifles may penetrate Orion2506
May 3rd, 2010 at 5:26 am
not at all,I have shot through and through with a .22,my Mosin Nagant will shoot through 1/4 inch steel plate with ease,maybe even thicker but I havent tried, Boris859
May 5th, 2010 at 9:45 am
They’re not very resistant at all! In fact, an air rifle’s about the only thing it’ll stop!
A car door is made of thin sheet metal, some internal structure and the inside paneling, that’s it!
Even something like a .32 acp will probably penetrate it just fine!
(You can’t alaways go by what you see on t.v., it’s just low budget effects for producers that can’t afford to waste a car!) Karl Wolf
May 7th, 2010 at 10:48 am
It really depends.hollow point bullets are not made to penetrate very deep,they are made to expand.So hollow points SOMETIMES will not go all the way through,but your regular ball ammo will go through because they dont expand any,they may deform some but will come out the other side. catfishhunter
May 7th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
My friend lives out in the country he had a old junk van on his property we always shoot at it,the bullets go rite through it like it was made of paper.Buc shot also rips rite through it as well.I would not feel safe in a car if I was being shot at. ARMED AND DANGEROUS I
May 8th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Well i suggest not taking cover behind, saturn, and 93-02 camaro doors since they are urthain..
Bullet will go thru one of those doors like butter.
awlpike Spanky Schreck
May 10th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
High-vel rounds (9mm, .38 Super Automatic, and .357 Auto-or magnum) will go through like a hot knife through butter. Slower subsonics (45ACP, .45Colt, .44Spl., .38Spl) will be slowed down a little more but go through all the same and have the potential to lethally wound you. I saw an episode of Walker:Texas Bonehead where his buddy (that bar owner) hid behind a newspaper machine to avoid catching a bullet. Now that is typical TV bull—- for you. david m
May 11th, 2010 at 10:32 am
they are not bullet resistant at all check this out
it is interesting and informative crazy_devil_dan
May 13th, 2010 at 4:11 am
Just about as resistant as a beer can. Have you noticed how thin the sheet metal is on the cars produced today? Just press your finger against ant met surface and see the “give” of the metal. Bark in the 1950’s, if you get hit by a car, you go to the hospital. Today, if you get hit by a car, THE CAR GOES TO THE HOSPITAL.Does this answer your question? pathfinder
May 15th, 2010 at 9:57 am
It depends on the door and the particular bullet. Some doors have thicker skins. And some Hollowpoints expand to much when hitting metal. It is very possible for the door metal to make the hollowpoint expand and leave itself pretty much useless. Dustin W
May 16th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
If all you have between you and bullets is a car door then that is better than nothing between you and the bullets. I will take a car door anytime & take my chances even though they are not very good.* dca2003311@yahoo.com
May 18th, 2010 at 6:49 am
Don’t you get a kick out of people who take shelter behind a car and then lean against it and shoot over the top? Too much TV and movie watching. Bullets go through glass and door panels like a hot knife through butter. They also go through those empty 55 gallon drums that seem to litter the sets of movies and TV shows. acmeraven
May 18th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
If you have the window down the first shot from a small caliber pistol such as .25 acp or .22 LR will not go through. It will be stopped by the laminated glass inside the door. After that you are fair game. sargeArmy
May 20th, 2010 at 6:30 am
a .22 short is leathel though a car door hunter1