10mm gel tests: Buffalo Bore 155 gr TAC-XP & 195 gr Mihec cast shallow hollow point

[chopinbloc]

10mm Buffalo Bore 155 gr TAC XP fired from 4.5" barrel EAA Witness through four layers of denim into calibrated gelatin.

BB: 600.5 fps, 3.5"

Impact velocity: 1,376 fps
Penetration: ~14"
Retained weight: 154.4 gr
Max expansion: 0.696"
Min expansion: 0.514"

If you look closely, you'll see a bee land on the denim just before the shot and you can see the bullet exit the top of the second block and roll back toward the chronograph. That's why the penetration figure is approximate. I saw the bullet drop to the ground when I shot but I thought it had bounced off the second block until I reviewed the video.






10mm 195 gr Mihec (shallow pin) 20:1 lead/tin loaded over 9.6gr Blue Dot fired from 4.25" barrel S&W 1076 through four layers of denim into calibrated gelatin.

BB: 600.5 fps, 3.5"

Impact velocity: 1,026 fps
Penetration: 23.1"
Retained weight: 196.0 gr
Max expansion: 0.423"
Min expansion: 0.407"

 

[Big Shrek]

That's some serious penetration with the Mihec...looks like that's the one you would want to use in a gunfight with a semi driver

 

[chopinbloc]

Are you implying that truck drivers are likely to carry around a little extra mass?

I think the Mihec would make a great woods load.

 

[Big Shrek]

More of a "semi has steel doors & stuff" when you have to shoot a road rager plowing thru traffic...

its why Texas DHS upgraded from .45acp, wouldn't go thru a semi's door...

Sad to even have to think about that...but in these times of Meth & Ice...lotta whacko's out there...
sometimes they just need to be put down by the most expedient method possible...


Anyway, yeah, looks interesting as a woods load...wonder how well it'd do on bones??
Deer/hog shoulders...stick some of those into BalGel and see what they get!!

 

[chopinbloc]

Bones introduce a lot of chaos into the situation. No bullet acts predictably when it encounters bone but the heavier it is and the harder it is, the less it tends to deflect.