My friend and I are going to do some testing on 140gr extreme penetrator rounds in .357 mag and 10mm. We're looking at a case of printer paper, a 3/8 inch plate of 1018 steel, pine 2x4s, and some other undetermined materials as well. What are your predictions? Which round penetrates deeper through the paper? How many 2x4s does it take to stop each one? Does either of them get through the steel? What other materials would make an interesting test subject? The handguns are a 6" 686 and a 5.25 XDm. I'm undecided about chronoing the rounds, since I only have 20 of each.
penetration predictions
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HansGruber
Ronin
You could soak the paper, similar to a newsprint wet pack...often used before gel analogues became ubiquitous.
I've done that with textbooks before. I found the rounds went farther through the wet paper that dry paper. Probably something about having to continually impart a new transfer of energy to each sheet of paper as opposed to having the water in filling the pages providing better transfer of energy through the entire mass of paper. Or because the water breaks down the paper a little and decreases resistance.
Lock n' Load
Custom
You could line up a bunch of plastic 1 gallon jugs of water back to back.
Pitdogg2
Professional
Yep I used to soak old phone books in water and load them into a paper box end to end. They worked wonderful to get HP to expand perfectly. Dry phone books just made hollow points clog and become FMJ like.....
Tsk tsk tsk...dirty mind357 and 10mm, hell man, I read the title of this thread and just came to watch!
HansGruber
Ronin
Hollow points need liquid to work...liquid doesn’t compress, fills the cavity and presses out on the inner walls, causing expansion.
BangBang
Professional
I think they will both penetrate the steel.
Textbook? What's a textbook?
Ballistic absolutes are as rare as hen's teeth.
I use this index for predicting big game bullet performance (penetration):
I use this index for predicting big game bullet performance (penetration):
KillerFord1977
SAINT
He will shoot thru layers of old iphones instead
I know that's a joke but I'm having a hard time understanding it.
If only I could find 20 or 30 of those. I'd love to blast some iPhones. I'm not an Apple fan.
