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I tested a few defensive hardgun rounds for hard barrier penetration today The Plywood  The Weapons used in the test, right to left 4" Model-19, Springfiled 1911 with 10 round Chip McCormack magazine and a 4" Model-57 Smith in 41 Mag  The rounds tested were 185 grain DPX, Buffalo Bore 230 Gold Dot +P, Hornady 230 grain XTP +P, in 45 ACP In 357 Mag the 145 grain Silver Tip and the 158 Gold Dot by Speer mwere tested In the 41 Mag the 170 JHC load by Buffalo Bore. This load does 1550 FPS from a 4" barrel S&W Mountain Gun The 230 grain XTP +P made it into the 3rd board, the DPX, the 230 B.B +P Gold Dot load in 45 ACP,and the 145 grain Silvertip in 357 Mag. made it into the 4th board and dented the 5th The 170 grain JHC in 41 Mag made it into the 5th board and dented the 6th and the 158 grain Gold Dot in 357 Mag penetrated into the 6th board Picture of front side of 4th board  158 grain Gold Dot in 6th board. Notice the dent in upper ride of plywood from the 41 Mag  Back side of 4th board  _____________________________________________________ A 9mm may expand to a larger diameter, but a 45 ain't going to shrink Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. - Winston Churchill | ||
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Is that you "new" Model 19? It's nice! Interesting results. I would love to perform a car door test, but am having trouble finding volunteer cars!  You should go to the bone yard a get a car door and do some more testing with a soft medium behing it........might be revealing........"Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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Ask Marko to post the pictures he took of the tree we were shooting through. | |||
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With a 357 a great penetrator is a 173 gr hard cast lead bullet. | |||
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This is the ultimate defensive thing, get rid of a few houses and a bunch of neighbors too. Bottom hole is from my .45 Vaquaro and the top hole is from Whitworth's .475 SRH. The tree is 16" in diameter and you can see the damage to the grapevine too.  | |||
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Thanks for posting that bfrshooter! I was planning on doing it myself, I just can't seem to get to it. Those bullets just ripped on through with no trouble whatsoever....... "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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No way will any of the standard side arms used primarly for self defense penetrate with the BIG BOYS...  That is premium beers guys...  _____________________________________________________ A 9mm may expand to a larger diameter, but a 45 ain't going to shrink Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. - Winston Churchill | |||
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I want to find the perfect tree where the boolit just sticks the nose out of the other side. Next time Marko comes out we will try a bunch of them. I did find it years ago with a 30-06 shooting tracers. Two feet of oak and the tracer smoke poured out of the entrance hole. | |||
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