simonrichter
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I was able to do some ballistic testing with my handgun on a friend's shooting range and was really surprised about the state of the bullets I retrieved.
- I shot approx. 5mm of laminated wood with a stack of paper (my old income tax documents ) behind @ ca. 5 meters (ca. 15 ft)
- Federal HV round nose, copper washed
- barrel length 2,33"
First of all, I was impressed that all bullets penetrated at least 5 cm into the paper. Even more, I was surprised to find that the bullets, though not hitting any metal or hard surface and clearly penetrating the laminated wood, were nevertheless strongly distorted and flattened. Is that a sign of keyholing or normal for a (very slow, out of such a short barrel9 .22lr?
I also tested against a 1mm metal plate, where they penetrated but really mushroomed (the two in the lower columns of my picture)
So, is that performance normal?
- I shot approx. 5mm of laminated wood with a stack of paper (my old income tax documents ) behind @ ca. 5 meters (ca. 15 ft)
- Federal HV round nose, copper washed
- barrel length 2,33"
First of all, I was impressed that all bullets penetrated at least 5 cm into the paper. Even more, I was surprised to find that the bullets, though not hitting any metal or hard surface and clearly penetrating the laminated wood, were nevertheless strongly distorted and flattened. Is that a sign of keyholing or normal for a (very slow, out of such a short barrel9 .22lr?
I also tested against a 1mm metal plate, where they penetrated but really mushroomed (the two in the lower columns of my picture)
So, is that performance normal?
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