@Molon

Lol... solid info ... Haha

IME  115gr Silvertips frequently shed their jackets. And the 147gr tend not to expand.

If memory serves me... the 147gr were quite accurate though. ( maybe )

Personally, I don't recommend them to anyone. Way to many GTG , current designs that work well.

And as mentioned, for the price, the performance is lacking.

Spending slightly more , for a current proven design is prudent.

@peacematu
My bad, these were from decades ago.  The current Silver Tip designs might be better nowadays.  I apologize.

It sucks being an old Fart, Lol... I was "shooting" ( commenting ) from the hip.

I haven't bothered to recheck the Winc. 147gr ST , since the advent of the GD and HST designs. So it is likely the 147gr ST has improved.

When we tested them, waaaay back then , ( way before before having cameras on every phone, and cell phones , Lol )  all we had was 24+hr soaked, soggy wet newspaper.  And we tested a ton of .357 Mag. , 9MM, 40 S&W, 45 Auto, and 44 Magnum factory pistol loads. ( A bunch of rifle rounds as well. )

I would still use the soggy wet newspaper for a side by side comparison , but not for a repeatable / consistent test.

While the soggy newspaper testing isn't up to any standard, it does readily show the wound channel , and made for easy comparison between the various loads. It was the best us curious young bucks / amateurs had at the time.

FWIW, A glaring example was the .357 Rem. scalped JHP 125gr , v. the 9MM Winc +P+ 127gr JHP.... the velocity was the same from the 2 1/2" barreled Ruger revolvers used, but the bullet design was wildly different performance wise.

The .357 Scalloped JHP, will mess something up badly.... it was a far larger wound channel, compared to the 9MM +P+ 127gr JHP.  Total Penetration was the same... but night and day differences in the wound track.

Anyway, the 147gr Silvertip at that time would barely expand. And At the time, hardly any 9MM 147gr bullets would expand... heck, not all 9MM 115gr bullets would reliably expand.

When I say they wouldn't expand, I mean the JHP petals would barely open.  And they wouldn't increase the OAL width of the bullet... so to me no meaningful expansion.

But the 115gr Silvertips would expand about 70% of the time, and they would shed the jackets.  They also had shallow penetration.


So, again my bad , I was basing my comment on the older designs.

FWIW, the 155gr  40 S&W Silvertips would reliably expand , but shed their jacket everytime.  I still have all those recovered bullets.

I also captured 2 300WM 180gr ( ? ) Barnes X bullets that impacted each other, they twisted around each other... kinda cool to look at.  And they were tough enough to handle the combined impact. Impressive performance to me.

BTW, the expansion of the soggy newspaper is quite a bit while soaking, so you had to allow for that, and weigh down the paper into the large plastic tub, while soaking.

And having a burn pile made disposal of the sloppy mess easy.

Honestly, that single comparison showed me the dramatic difference that bullet designs can make.

And Thank You.