IMTHDUKE
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Seems like a huge wound cavity.
High Speed Video : 380ACP Speer 90gr Gold Dot JHP
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wally
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Totally inadequate penetration and the deviation could turn a well placed shot into a poorly placed shot before it gets deep enough to do the job.
IMTHDUKE
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It was adequate enough penetration to kill 13 soldiers by a nut at Ft. Hood.
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Brass Fetcher
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I wouldn't look much deeper than 8 inches in this particular type of gelatin. The blocks you see the gelatin sitting on, are 1" squares with 1" spaces in-between squares.
The deviation of rounds like the 5.7x28mm (SS-195, SS-190, etc) is not a drawback at all. In fact, there is no way to predict what kinds of shots/angle you will have on your opponent(s) in a gunfight at some point in the future. All we know is that the shooter will shoot at the center of the opponents vital area, if it is able to be hit from the angle the shooter sees it. There is no guarantee that they will hit the area ... so a bullet that deviates like this is just as likely to deviate into that vital area in the case of a shot that would otherwise miss the vital area on a straight-line penetration.
The deviation of rounds like the 5.7x28mm (SS-195, SS-190, etc) is not a drawback at all. In fact, there is no way to predict what kinds of shots/angle you will have on your opponent(s) in a gunfight at some point in the future. All we know is that the shooter will shoot at the center of the opponents vital area, if it is able to be hit from the angle the shooter sees it. There is no guarantee that they will hit the area ... so a bullet that deviates like this is just as likely to deviate into that vital area in the case of a shot that would otherwise miss the vital area on a straight-line penetration.
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I put that in the test plan so that people could get an idea for the difference between .22lr in a pistol and .22lr in a rifle. Hopefully we can shed some more light on the issue, once the analysis is complete.
I can tell you from my experience, both on water jugs and little critters, they don't expand out of a pistol (5.5" barrel) while doing nicely out of a rifle (18.5" barrel). I bet your test results will mostly likely be the same. They just don't open up at low velocities.
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Agreed, but this has been a difficult message to get out. We all want hollowpoints to expand 100% of the time, but this is just not the case.
Please give us a few days for the 22lr data to be reduced and published to THR.
Please give us a few days for the 22lr data to be reduced and published to THR.
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Closest thing we have from the last shoot is .357MAG.
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