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<blockquote data-quote="jmden" data-source="post: 1115824" data-attributes="member: 1742"><p>Maybe this'll be helpful to someone trying to decide what various bullets at various velocities do...</p><p></p><p>Been saving up Costco 1 gallon milk jugs for weeks. Finally got to them and a couple of pistols to the range. A 180g Hornady XTP in a .40 SW at about 1225 fps and a 300g Hornady XTP Mag in .50 AE doing about 1575fps. Carefully filled all jugs exactly to the same amount of water and lined up the milk jugs so they were all oriented the same and in a very straight line on a table. Shot from approx. 15' away. </p><p></p><p>300g XTP mag was first. I was too close. Got soaked. It was found in the 4th jug perfectly expanded to just under .9 inches and had only lost 20g. It almost made it out of the 4th jug. Could see where it busted the plastic in several places on the backside of that jug. First two jugs where obliterated. I had to go get a towel from my rig and dry myself and the gun off. </p><p></p><p>180g XTP basically did the same thing in terms of penetration, but I didn't come close to getting wet shooting from same spot. It was found in the 4th jug and had just cracked the backside of the 4th jug trying to get out of it. It also lost 20g...interesting...and expanded to right around .6 inches.</p><p></p><p>Thought this might be interesting info for someone. Both of these loads were developed as 'bear' loads in their respective pistols. When in known griz country, I've started taking the .50AE as it packs about 3x the wallop as the load for the .40 SW. The .50AE is a good sized pistol and weighs about 5 lbs, but packing it on the waist belt of my pack I don't even notice it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jmden, post: 1115824, member: 1742"] Maybe this'll be helpful to someone trying to decide what various bullets at various velocities do... Been saving up Costco 1 gallon milk jugs for weeks. Finally got to them and a couple of pistols to the range. A 180g Hornady XTP in a .40 SW at about 1225 fps and a 300g Hornady XTP Mag in .50 AE doing about 1575fps. Carefully filled all jugs exactly to the same amount of water and lined up the milk jugs so they were all oriented the same and in a very straight line on a table. Shot from approx. 15' away. 300g XTP mag was first. I was too close. Got soaked. It was found in the 4th jug perfectly expanded to just under .9 inches and had only lost 20g. It almost made it out of the 4th jug. Could see where it busted the plastic in several places on the backside of that jug. First two jugs where obliterated. I had to go get a towel from my rig and dry myself and the gun off. 180g XTP basically did the same thing in terms of penetration, but I didn't come close to getting wet shooting from same spot. It was found in the 4th jug and had just cracked the backside of the 4th jug trying to get out of it. It also lost 20g...interesting...and expanded to right around .6 inches. Thought this might be interesting info for someone. Both of these loads were developed as 'bear' loads in their respective pistols. When in known griz country, I've started taking the .50AE as it packs about 3x the wallop as the load for the .40 SW. The .50AE is a good sized pistol and weighs about 5 lbs, but packing it on the waist belt of my pack I don't even notice it. [/QUOTE]
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