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Henson Aluminum tipped bullets test
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<blockquote data-quote="goodgrouper" data-source="post: 220075" data-attributes="member: 2852"><p>Sorry for the double post but the server wouldn't let me post more than 6 pics on one post so here is the rest of my post and the pics;</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>View of the first HAT:</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/goodgrouper/firsthatinpaper.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>At the 10 inch point, the SMK holes were still going and were slightly bigger. I kept digging and found them in almost twice as far as the HAT's:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/goodgrouper/smkat12inches.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/goodgrouper/smkat15inches.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Then I found something interesting. One of the SMK's had it's core blow out of the jacket and it took a 90 degree turn and went out the side of the box about half way into the box. I found the core about 5 feet from the box just lying on the ground. The jacket was stuck in the cardboard on the side:</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/goodgrouper/coreat90degreeexit.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Here is a pic of the three HAT's and the three SMK's:</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/goodgrouper/3smk3hat.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>So, the SMK's had somewhat erratic performance but always penetrated farther, mushroomed better, and caused more damage in the paper than the HAT's. ANd they stabilized a bit better at lower velocities. </p><p></p><p>As for the RPM factor, it could change the whole results but in comparison to the SMK's, they don't work as good at low velocities. Perhaps the HAT's need a thinner jacket and a cavity under the tip? If you look closely at some of the pics, you can see that the Hat JAcket is really quite thick where the tip meets the jacket. This (I feel) needs to be thinner.</p><p></p><p>Now, I need to test the HAT's at higher velos and I also have those 265's around to shoot as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodgrouper, post: 220075, member: 2852"] Sorry for the double post but the server wouldn't let me post more than 6 pics on one post so here is the rest of my post and the pics; View of the first HAT: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/goodgrouper/firsthatinpaper.jpg[/IMG] At the 10 inch point, the SMK holes were still going and were slightly bigger. I kept digging and found them in almost twice as far as the HAT's: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/goodgrouper/smkat12inches.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/goodgrouper/smkat15inches.jpg[/IMG] Then I found something interesting. One of the SMK's had it's core blow out of the jacket and it took a 90 degree turn and went out the side of the box about half way into the box. I found the core about 5 feet from the box just lying on the ground. The jacket was stuck in the cardboard on the side: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/goodgrouper/coreat90degreeexit.jpg[/IMG] Here is a pic of the three HAT's and the three SMK's: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/goodgrouper/3smk3hat.jpg[/IMG] So, the SMK's had somewhat erratic performance but always penetrated farther, mushroomed better, and caused more damage in the paper than the HAT's. ANd they stabilized a bit better at lower velocities. As for the RPM factor, it could change the whole results but in comparison to the SMK's, they don't work as good at low velocities. Perhaps the HAT's need a thinner jacket and a cavity under the tip? If you look closely at some of the pics, you can see that the Hat JAcket is really quite thick where the tip meets the jacket. This (I feel) needs to be thinner. Now, I need to test the HAT's at higher velos and I also have those 265's around to shoot as well. [/QUOTE]
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