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Real Bullet terminal limits
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Courtney" data-source="post: 864503" data-attributes="member: 28191"><p>The manufacturer's quoted lower end is too low. For many bullets, the practical lower end for real and reliable expansion is 200 fps ABOVE the manufacturer claims. The best you can hope for velocities well below manufacturer lower limit claims is for a long bullet to tumble and injure tissue by tumbling rather than expansion. </p><p></p><p>We've tested a number of 30 caliber bullets at 1100 fps in gelatin using high speed video. None of the bullets designed for normal (1800-3000 fps) velocities expand at all at 1100-1200 fps, but the longer bullets will tumble after 5-7" of penetration. The Lehigh Defense Maximum Expansion design will expand down to 1000 fps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Courtney, post: 864503, member: 28191"] The manufacturer's quoted lower end is too low. For many bullets, the practical lower end for real and reliable expansion is 200 fps ABOVE the manufacturer claims. The best you can hope for velocities well below manufacturer lower limit claims is for a long bullet to tumble and injure tissue by tumbling rather than expansion. We've tested a number of 30 caliber bullets at 1100 fps in gelatin using high speed video. None of the bullets designed for normal (1800-3000 fps) velocities expand at all at 1100-1200 fps, but the longer bullets will tumble after 5-7" of penetration. The Lehigh Defense Maximum Expansion design will expand down to 1000 fps. [/QUOTE]
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