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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 2649976" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>Keep in mind, ballistic gelatin does not necessarily exactly replicate how a bullet reacts to an animal impact, rather if gives a good comparison of one bullet to another in a consistent media. Especially in the less dense 10% gel, 2.5" or 9" or whatever measurement of penetration you end up with, doesn't necessarily directly transfer to penetration on an animal. 20% gel may result differently, a light bodied pronghorn may result differently, a heavy bodied elk may result differently, bone hit vs no bone hits, thick hide vs thin hide, etc. </p><p></p><p>What can be objectively drawn is that it takes less gelatin resistance for the hammer to shed it's petals at ~1850 fps velocity, vs the Berger to open up at ~1850 fps velocity. It doesn't necessarily say that one or the other would or wouldn't work on an animal, as there are too many variable in an animal impact to be able to objectively and conclusively draw that conclusion from a 10% gel impact. </p><p></p><p>These are good tests to gain knowledge from, as long as the knowledge is taken in an objective manner and applied appropriately. Thank you for conducting them Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 2649976, member: 87243"] Keep in mind, ballistic gelatin does not necessarily exactly replicate how a bullet reacts to an animal impact, rather if gives a good comparison of one bullet to another in a consistent media. Especially in the less dense 10% gel, 2.5" or 9" or whatever measurement of penetration you end up with, doesn't necessarily directly transfer to penetration on an animal. 20% gel may result differently, a light bodied pronghorn may result differently, a heavy bodied elk may result differently, bone hit vs no bone hits, thick hide vs thin hide, etc. What can be objectively drawn is that it takes less gelatin resistance for the hammer to shed it's petals at ~1850 fps velocity, vs the Berger to open up at ~1850 fps velocity. It doesn't necessarily say that one or the other would or wouldn't work on an animal, as there are too many variable in an animal impact to be able to objectively and conclusively draw that conclusion from a 10% gel impact. These are good tests to gain knowledge from, as long as the knowledge is taken in an objective manner and applied appropriately. Thank you for conducting them Steve [/QUOTE]
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