wildcatter wrote:I've wanted to try these myself, but before you put your "Took-Us" on the line, ya all might want to do a water test on them and compare them to something we all recognize as a standard..
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Man, I just put an order in to Midway on Friday. Had I known they were going on sale, I would have held off and ordered a pack to do some water shots on them. I plan on doing a jug foraging run on the way to work this coming Friday. The neighborhood where I work puts out a lot of milk jugs on recycling day. In four blocks, I can fill the bed of the F150, one layer deep. Stinky, but productive. We're moving my daughter into her dorm this coming Sunday, but that leaves Saturday and Monday. Monday is attractive as no doubt I'll need to get away from my weepy wife by then. Only child you know.
Anyone want to send me one of them, I'd be happy to throw it at a stack of jugs. Two would make for a backup shot in case the first one decides to "exit stage left". I could also load it down to simulate velocity at 100 yards if that's more desirable data. Being all copper, I doubt there is value in trying to simulate 200 yard velocity. Here's a 200gr XPB loaded down to simulate 200 yards (1550fps):
FWIW, it went through 7 jugs of water. If the velocity is such that they open up, the penetration is 4-5 jugs with greater devastation of them than unexpanded. If I can figure out the 240 frames per second mode on my video camera, perhaps I can get a slow motion video of the impact as well.
Hoot