Ballistics Gelatin Recipe (Need It)

[Dirk Pitt]

Does anyone have the recipe for ballistic gelatin? This is the stuff you see pictures of after different types of rounds have been shot into it to demonstrate performance. I have seen it in the past in one of the gun magazines, a home grown version that you can make in your garage. I just can’t seem to find it. I did Google it and I got a lot of professional stuff but not the “do-it-yourself” variety.

This is for my kid’s science project so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Lupinus]

http://thefifthrule.com/T5R/?p=225
http://www.recguns.com/Sources/XD3.html

google is your friend

Make sure to add a few drops of cinnamon oil. It will keep it from foaming up with you mix it as well as preservei t slightly. Plus it'll make it smell purdy.

 

[Third_Rail]

If it's just for fun and doesn't need to be perfectly calibrated, etc., order gelatin powder from www.bulkfoods.com and go from there.


Here's a link to the product.

 

[Lupinus]

also if its jsut for fun wait till walgreens has a royal jello sale (5 for a dollar and I get my discount too lol) and stock up on it. Ballistics gel is basically a big slab of unflavored gelitan that is stiffer then the stuff you eat. So what the hell if its for fun or rough guestimation why not just use jello lol.

 

[Third_Rail]

Before doing that, take a look at the link I posted. $32 for 5lbs of gelatin (250 bloom) will work for 45lbs of water, assuming you're trying to get close to the 1:9 ratio of lab stuff.


22oz of gelatin powder is $12 from the link I posted, and that's a lot less than you'd be paying for the boxed jello - it would also contain sugar, which you don't want.

 

[Lupinus]

sugar free goes on sale too

Like Isaid, if all you were doing was screwing around.

Personalyl I get the mental image of one of them freaky looking jello molds being shot and what it would do when shot and I get the near uncontrolable urge to giggle like a school girl.

 

[Biker]

I'm guessing that if you pm JE223, he could help you out with some tips and shortcuts.

Biker

 

[griz]

Here's a second for JE223. He does his own testing and even calibrates each batch.

 

[Shawn Dodson]

Here's one I thought was pretty clever: You CAN Make Your Own Gel Test !!!

See also:
A SIMPLIFIED 10% ORDNANCE GELATIN PREPARATION AND TEST PROCEDURE and
Ordnance Gelatin Recycling Procedure