Thread: 303 vs wet blanket ?

Originally Posted by ishoot10s

A winter-weight bedsheet hung from one edge will stop an air rifle pellet at a few metres. As long as the trailing edge is free, the sheet moves with the slug a few inches decelerating the slug which then drops to the floor. I can imagine a heavy old wool blanket being soaked and hanging with its lower edge free might possibly do the same with a .303.

Not a chance at all, 174 grains doing 2440 FPS take a bit to stop and a wet blanket, like a wet German tunic, doesnt stop them....:-)