Michael Tinker Pearce
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My block of Cear Ballistics gel was about as shot up as it could be, but before recasting it I decided to try it with my .38 S&W carry-load. This is a 160gr LRNFP bullet, and I fired it over the chronograph, through four layers of denim and into the gel from a distance of ten feet. This showed a velocity of 724 fps. for 186 ft./lbs of energy. This was fired from my S&W .38 Safety Hammerless (4th Model) with a 1-5/8" barrel.
The bullet came to rest facing backwards dead-on at 16". The block was way too shot up to see the wound-track distinctly in a photo, but the wound was streamlined for the first four inches, then from there the wound-track gradually tripled in size at about 9 inches before reducing until it streamlined at about twelve inches.
Doesn't really compare to a modern service-caliber hollow-point, but not at all shabby.
Yes, I removed the bullet from the gel for this shot- too many bullet-tracks in the block to have made it out otherwise. I'd also like to note that this is a pretty hot load for a top-break; I wouldn't run it in anything but a S&W, a British service top-break or a solid frame gun of good quality. Even so I shoot very few of them through this gun.
The bullet came to rest facing backwards dead-on at 16". The block was way too shot up to see the wound-track distinctly in a photo, but the wound was streamlined for the first four inches, then from there the wound-track gradually tripled in size at about 9 inches before reducing until it streamlined at about twelve inches.
Doesn't really compare to a modern service-caliber hollow-point, but not at all shabby.
Yes, I removed the bullet from the gel for this shot- too many bullet-tracks in the block to have made it out otherwise. I'd also like to note that this is a pretty hot load for a top-break; I wouldn't run it in anything but a S&W, a British service top-break or a solid frame gun of good quality. Even so I shoot very few of them through this gun.