Berry's 147g 9mm HHP Water Jug Test

[flyingtexan86]

I noticed there's not a lot of range info about Berry's 147g 9mm Hybrid Hollow Point so I loaded up a few and did a water jug test. Here's a couple photos and a short youtube review I did over the weekend. The bullet core was caught in the 4th jug while the pedals fragged within the 1st and 2nd jugs and passed into the 3rd jug. I would like to see this test repeated in ballistic gel for a better representation of what the HHP will do on soft tissue. I'll update this post as I do more testing with this bullet. So far I like it.

Bullet: Berry's 147g 9mm HHP
Brass: Federal
COAL: 1.100"
Powder: 4.4g H. CFE Pistol
FPS: 950 (LabRadar)

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[Fine Figure of a Man]

I shot a large whitetail with a 45 ACP 230gr Berry's HHP, 4.8 gr titegroup.
It was a 35 yard broadside double lung shot and the bullet ,a perfect mushroom, stopped under the hide on the far side.

 

[Metal God]

Is it correct to assume your 950fps is from that 8" barrel ? Any chance you do that test with a shorter barrel or do you have chrono numbers on that load from a 3.5" or 4" barrel ?

 

[flyingtexan86]

Is it correct to assume your 950fps is from that 8" barrel ? Any chance you do that test with a shorter barrel or do you have chrono numbers on that load from a 3.5" or 4" barrel ?

You are correct, that was through the MPX 8" barrel which so far is averaging 981fps with that load.

I didn't test any of these through my 4" 9's, but a 4 shot avg through a 5" Citadel 1911 9mm was 971fps. They cycled great and recoil was light compared to factory 115g @ 1150fps. Barrel length seems somewhat negligible with this load. I have a 4" Springfield I'll run a few through next time.

 

[Jesse Heywood]

I shot a large whitetail with a 45 ACP 230gr Berry's HHP, 4.8 gr titegroup.
It was broadside double lung shot and the bullet ,a perfect mushroom, stopped under the hide on the far side.

Nothing beats real, live results. Or is that dead?

 

[flyingtexan86]

I shot a large whitetail with a 45 ACP 230gr Berry's HHP, 4.8 gr titegroup.
It was a 35 yard broadside double lung shot and the bullet ,a perfect mushroom, stopped under the hide on the far side.

Great info. The week after Christmas I shot a cull spike in the neck with a Hornady 147g XTP. He dropped like a turd.

Here's a pic of the damage.