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Posted: 1/19/2015 9:29:41 PM EDT
Thanks again to LS1POWERED for the ammo, this stuff digs in deep and keeps going. Wish I had two gel blocks.
 Phone link http://youtu.be/y88vaxo3mqU
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Posted: 1/19/2015 10:14:56 PM EDT
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Thanks for running the test! I am a bit surprised by the velocity being a 5.56 spec load, thought it would have been higher. even with the Lower velocity the penetration was very impressive, would make an excellent Deer and hog hunting round.
Do you have any rounds left? I was curious how fast they would be out of your SBR.
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Posted: 1/19/2015 10:42:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thanks for running the test! I am a bit surprised by the velocity being a 5.56 spec load, thought it would have been higher. even with the Lower velocity the penetration was very impressive, would make an excellent Deer and hog hunting round. Do you have any rounds left? I was curious how fast they would be out of your SBR. |
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Posted: 1/19/2015 10:47:22 PM EDT
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Do you have any rounds left? I was curious how fast they would be out of your SBR. Yes I do have some. I'll chrono them out of the 9" Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Thanks for running the test! I am a bit surprised by the velocity being a 5.56 spec load, thought it would have been higher. even with the Lower velocity the penetration was very impressive, would make an excellent Deer and hog hunting round. Yes I do have some. I'll chrono them out of the 9" I would appreciate it, as well. I'm debating between 50gr TSX and 70gr TSX to tailor a load for my SBR. |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 9:34:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOrigina,lly Posted By Nameless_Hobo: I would appreciate it, as well. I'm debating between 50gr TSX and 70gr TSX to tailor a load for my SBR. Quote HistoryOrigina,lly Posted By Nameless_Hobo: Quoted: Quoted: Thanks for running the test! I am a bit surprised by the velocity being a 5.56 spec load, thought it would have been higher. even with the Lower velocity the penetration was very impressive, would make an excellent Deer and hog hunting round. Yes I do have some. I'll chrono them out of the 9" I would appreciate it, as well. I'm debating between 50gr TSX and 70gr TSX to tailor a load for my SBR. from what I have read the heavier loads are better for shorter Barrels, will be interesting to see.
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Posted: 1/20/2015 9:41:29 PM EDT
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Good vid, thanks.
Have you tried the Federal Fusion? |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 9:44:30 PM EDT
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from what I have read the heavier loads are better for shorter Barrels, will be interesting to see. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Origina,lly Posted By Nameless_Hobo:
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Thanks for running the test! I am a bit surprised by the velocity being a 5.56 spec load, thought it would have been higher. even with the Lower velocity the penetration was very impressive, would make an excellent Deer and hog hunting round. Yes I do have some. I'll chrono them out of the 9" I would appreciate it, as well. I'm debating between 50gr TSX and 70gr TSX to tailor a load for my SBR. from what I have read the heavier loads are better for shorter Barrels, will be interesting to see. Here too. |
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Posted: 1/20/2015 11:37:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Good vid, thanks. Have you tried the Federal Fusion? I plan to repeat that test out of the 9" barrel here soon.
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Posted: 1/21/2015 12:09:12 AM EDT
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Yes I have, if you browse my channel that video is pretty recent. I plan to repeat that test out of the 9" barrel here soon. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Good vid, thanks. Have you tried the Federal Fusion? I plan to repeat that test out of the 9" barrel here soon. That would be great! |
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Posted: 1/21/2015 1:17:11 AM EDT
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Man, you kinda wasted the gel (can you melt that particular gel back down?), but it was a commendable effort. Good video , would love to see you do some testing of modern hollow points. I was really interested in seeing the bullet, or fragments. Always use 2 blocks for .223 rounds. It's still hard to catch rifle rounds in ballistics gel.
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Posted: 1/21/2015 1:55:02 AM EDT
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Yes! Please test out of an SBR!
This is my deer load but have yet to shoot an animal. I am shooting out of a 16" now but would love to go down to my 11.5 if I knew I could get reliable expansion. |
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Posted: 1/21/2015 2:29:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Man, you kinda wasted the gel (can you melt that particular gel back down?), but it was a commendable effort. Good video , would love to see you do some testing of modern hollow points. I was really interested in seeing the bullet, or fragments. Always use 2 blocks for .223 rounds. It's still hard to catch rifle rounds in ballistics gel. Do you mean modern hollow point .223, or handgun rounds? I have several videos with various handgun rounds. Always use 2 blocks? No problem! Please click here http://store.clearballistics.com/10-Percent-Ballistic-Gelatin-FBI-Block-p/608729261421.htm and buy me a second block. I will PM you my address to send it to  Of course I am being facetious, but in reality nobody cares about the penetration after 16". I never get requests or even see any data to compare to a round that penetrated 21" or something, by the time it's more than 16" its's "enough". You are correct it is hard to catch rifle rounds in ballistics gel, especially 5.56/.223. As a matter of fact there are very few of these that even exit the back end of the block, most yaw and leave the sides or top/bottom, in which case a second block wouldn't matter anyway. If that bullet fragmented there would be pieces of it left behind in the gel, it stayed together IMO.
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Posted: 1/21/2015 2:35:02 AM EDT
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What I've heard from end users real world is that it folds dudes over from 10" guns. Pretty brutal load.
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Posted: 1/21/2015 2:38:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes! Please test out of an SBR! This is my deer load but have yet to shoot an animal. I am shooting out of a 16" now but would love to go down to my 11.5 if I knew I could get reliable expansion.  I also captured that little ignition that happens in this synthetic gel:  But I was unable to catch or find the bullet. I could try a water jug or something but I didn't want to assist expansion or cause deformation with a different type of media for the bullet to pass through. Maybe I will get lucky and catch one out of the short barrel.
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