Ballistic gelatin test results : .45-70GOV >DERRINGER<

[Brass Fetcher]

Not a bad idea! But remember that I have to stand behind the gun to pull the trigger ... so I hope the gelatin can hold the gun!

 

[eldon519]

You mean you didn't use Garrett Hammerhead 540 gr. +Ps? What a wuss!

 

[bullfrog99]

Good call on the vice, a 410 is bad enough. I can't imagine hating ones self enough to touch that thing off. There has got to be perminant nerve damage!

 

[sharpetop]

I once fired six consecutive rounds of 45-70 out of a Freedom Arms BFR revolver at the range I once worked at. I can't even imagine what a derringer would be like!

 

[TehK1w1]

now they just need to start chambering a derringer in .458 Win Mag

 

[TehK1w1]

It just occurred to me, why does it have two barrels? I know that is standard derringer layout but I can't imagine firing that thing twice in a row

 

[chris in va]

why does it have two barrels

So you can swap to the other hand and fire the second shot.

 

[Kilgor]

Yeah after you find out where the gun went...

 

[CPshooter]

*edit*

Nevermind.. I did my own research on the round. Very impressive stuff.

Nice work!

 

[Captain]

Why was it shot from a distance of 6"? I thought standard was 10'.

 

[Brass Fetcher]

It was difficult to aim the gun, being that I couldn't see the sights through the vise. In all seriousness, I did try to get Ransom to make up some grip adapters for the Derringer, but apparently they were not interested. Having this in a machine rest would have permitted the desired 10' distance.

... I shot a .44 Magnum Derringer yesterday... look for those results in the coming few hours.

JE

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

Wow!!! I can't imagine trying to shoot one of those without a vise. My dad had one in .357mag and sold it after shooting it once (and after the blood vessels in his hand healed up).
Next time let the owner shoot it. You can measure the penetration up his forearm as well

 

[PTK]

That's a real shoot-and-toss kind of gun.

Except of course that you don't have to manually toss it.

 

[Biker]

Good Gawd! Call me a poozle, but that gun is too much for me.

Biker

 

[Kilgor]

Poozle.

 

[arkangel06]

very impressive penatration especly for such a short barrel

 

[Soybomb]

Ouch.

 

[RyanM]

I'm amazed that it expanded. Too bad you couldn't get the chronoed velocity. Calculated velocity for 4.33% fragmentation, 0.614" average diameter, 26.3" penetration, is 1425 fps.

 

[Brass Fetcher]

1425 ft/sec sounds like a reasonable velocity to me. In my experience with Derringers, there was a drop off in velocity similar to that, especially with the .223rem model that I tested.