Riomouse911
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While shooting the 4” 66-1 today I shot a few cylinders of Berry’s 148 gr HBWC over .2.8 gr Bullseye for fun.
The B-27 targets were stapled onto conveyor belt material, the rubber/corded stuff that’s about 30” wide and 5/8” thick.
After a few shots I thought I saw a cricket running across the pavement. One or two shots later I realized the bullets were either sticking into the paper or were bouncing off the backer and dropping onto the ground. I reloaded and fired six into the upper left corner to see what was going on.
To put it bluntly, these rounds had zero oomph. Even standard velocity .38 or .380 pass through the rubber without issue.
I know some folks rely on these loads to defend themselves, and they’re better than a sharp stick for sure, but if physical necessity isn’t an issue with the user I’ll suggest strongly that folks use something with more horsepower to defend their lives with and leave target wadcutters for punching paper.
Just an observation...
One HBWC bullet stayed forward, the second did a 180. Four bounced off. Both of these bullets were stuck in the 5 layers of targets.
When I pulled the paper, the wadcutters left circular marks at the upper left. The other holes at right are from 9mm (right) and the cluster at the top is from .223.
Some of the wadcutters that bounced off the conveyor belt material fell at the feet of the target stand. Others were scattered only a few feet further out.
Stay safe.
The B-27 targets were stapled onto conveyor belt material, the rubber/corded stuff that’s about 30” wide and 5/8” thick.
After a few shots I thought I saw a cricket running across the pavement. One or two shots later I realized the bullets were either sticking into the paper or were bouncing off the backer and dropping onto the ground. I reloaded and fired six into the upper left corner to see what was going on.
To put it bluntly, these rounds had zero oomph. Even standard velocity .38 or .380 pass through the rubber without issue.
I know some folks rely on these loads to defend themselves, and they’re better than a sharp stick for sure, but if physical necessity isn’t an issue with the user I’ll suggest strongly that folks use something with more horsepower to defend their lives with and leave target wadcutters for punching paper.
Just an observation...
One HBWC bullet stayed forward, the second did a 180. Four bounced off. Both of these bullets were stuck in the 5 layers of targets.
When I pulled the paper, the wadcutters left circular marks at the upper left. The other holes at right are from 9mm (right) and the cluster at the top is from .223.
Some of the wadcutters that bounced off the conveyor belt material fell at the feet of the target stand. Others were scattered only a few feet further out.
Stay safe.