.50 BMG vs Traffic Light Pole

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 6/7/2018 | E Sarkissian

[w1n1]

Are traffic light pole bulletproof?
Its one of those gee whiz question for the gun buff who’s just sitting around figuring out what to plink at.

Youtuber Edwin Sarkissian has the answer, as always he goes through an array of calibers to see if the traffic light pole is bulletproof. Here are the calibers that Edwin uses:
-.22LR – no effect
-9mm FMJ – no effect
-Desert Eagle 50AE – penetrate the first surface leaving a dent
-500 Smith&Wesson/Extreme Penetrator – penetrated the front surface but not through the second skin
-5.56 – Only penetrated the frontend but not through the back
-AK47 7.62×39 – penetrated the frontend but not through the back
-.50 BMG – went right through both surface

Don't take our word for it, take a look at the footage of .50 bmg vs traffic light pole here.

[Jack Hammer]

He’s standing awfully close; guess he never heard of ricochet.

[Larry Lucido]

My vote is to finally trashcan this clickbait blogpimp. In addition to never replying to any of his own clickbait threads, he posts unsafe firearm practice threads like this one, and like this one:

50 BMG vs Giant Rock
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3659229/posts

[Larry Lucido]

Also, the blogger writes like an eight-year-old. No offense meant toward eight-year-olds.

[laplata]

I agree. Stupid people doing stupid stuff that stupid people like to watch.

[TalonDJ]

Wow, that is the stupidest article concept I have ever seen. The idea that is someone might be making money producing such dreck makes me physically ill.

[Cobra64]

I agree.