Glock19Fan
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Woohoo! Along with the fireworks, I got to do some backyard testing.
I never get to do this since we only own an acre of land, and I havent registered at a shooting range yet. With all of the fireworks going, I decided to do some shooting to blend in (neither of my neighbors were home and I had a proper backstop).
At first I gathered two phonebooks, and shot them strait down with my .22 Marlin 60. I was using Federal Lightning 40 grain Solids. It penetrated about 80 percent of the way through the first one, and after recovering it, I was amazed at its expansion. I cant find the bullet right now, but it flattened pretty well.
Second, I got my Glock 19. I shot down into the phone book using WWB 147 grain JHPs. The bullet penetrated about 90 percent of the way through the phone book, and when recovered, it flattened pretty well. Expansion was about 18mm at the widest point, and was pretty irregularly shaped.
The next shot was with Winchester 147 grain Ranger T RA9T. The bullet penetrated through about 1 1/2 phone books, and when recovered, showed no expansion. However, the base was flattened with material coming out, which led me to believe that the bullet had tumbled. However, the nose of the bullet was 99 percent undamaged, and the HP was clogged with phone book.
Next I tried shooting milk jugs filled with water. My first two attempts were unsuccessful, with one bullet exiting the 4th milk jugs and bouncing off on the 5th, and the next bullet exited the side of the 4th jug, and neither bullets were recovered. However, my third try was successful. The bullet blew the first jug up pretty well, almost splitting the jug in half, and nearly blowing the cap off. The bullet was recovered in the fourth jug, and had dented the back side. The recovered bullet expanded pretty well, around 17mm in diameter. The top of the bullet was completely flat, unlike bullets that I have seen over the internet, so maybe this was a little hotter?
Anyway, after the final shot it was nearly midnight, so I called it quits. I will try to test WWB JHPs in waterjugs tomorrow.
My conclusions so far- The WWB looks like a good expander, soft enough to expand through most barriers, including bare tissue, bone, ect. However, penetration probably wouldnt be that great after penetrating hard barriers. Still, it performs pretty well for an inexpensive JHP.
The Ranger is excellent. It would seem like it would give awesome bone and hard barrier penetration, and although it might not expand, it may have the tendacy to tumble. In soft tissue, it seems like it would perform very well, with good expansion and deep penetration.
I will try to get some picture tomorrow, but right now im too tired.
Nothing very scientific, I know, but im just starting out. When funds allow me, I plan on doing ballistic gelatin testing with all the proper tools, including a scale, micrometer, chrony, ect.
I never get to do this since we only own an acre of land, and I havent registered at a shooting range yet. With all of the fireworks going, I decided to do some shooting to blend in (neither of my neighbors were home and I had a proper backstop).
At first I gathered two phonebooks, and shot them strait down with my .22 Marlin 60. I was using Federal Lightning 40 grain Solids. It penetrated about 80 percent of the way through the first one, and after recovering it, I was amazed at its expansion. I cant find the bullet right now, but it flattened pretty well.
Second, I got my Glock 19. I shot down into the phone book using WWB 147 grain JHPs. The bullet penetrated about 90 percent of the way through the phone book, and when recovered, it flattened pretty well. Expansion was about 18mm at the widest point, and was pretty irregularly shaped.
The next shot was with Winchester 147 grain Ranger T RA9T. The bullet penetrated through about 1 1/2 phone books, and when recovered, showed no expansion. However, the base was flattened with material coming out, which led me to believe that the bullet had tumbled. However, the nose of the bullet was 99 percent undamaged, and the HP was clogged with phone book.
Next I tried shooting milk jugs filled with water. My first two attempts were unsuccessful, with one bullet exiting the 4th milk jugs and bouncing off on the 5th, and the next bullet exited the side of the 4th jug, and neither bullets were recovered. However, my third try was successful. The bullet blew the first jug up pretty well, almost splitting the jug in half, and nearly blowing the cap off. The bullet was recovered in the fourth jug, and had dented the back side. The recovered bullet expanded pretty well, around 17mm in diameter. The top of the bullet was completely flat, unlike bullets that I have seen over the internet, so maybe this was a little hotter?
Anyway, after the final shot it was nearly midnight, so I called it quits. I will try to test WWB JHPs in waterjugs tomorrow.
My conclusions so far- The WWB looks like a good expander, soft enough to expand through most barriers, including bare tissue, bone, ect. However, penetration probably wouldnt be that great after penetrating hard barriers. Still, it performs pretty well for an inexpensive JHP.
The Ranger is excellent. It would seem like it would give awesome bone and hard barrier penetration, and although it might not expand, it may have the tendacy to tumble. In soft tissue, it seems like it would perform very well, with good expansion and deep penetration.
I will try to get some picture tomorrow, but right now im too tired.
Nothing very scientific, I know, but im just starting out. When funds allow me, I plan on doing ballistic gelatin testing with all the proper tools, including a scale, micrometer, chrony, ect.
