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Quoted: I shot a Gatorade bottle full of newspaper wads and red dye with a 40 grain Hornady V-Max from a .223.
I don't have a chrony, but the velocity was probably in the neighborhood of 3400 fps.
100% of the energy transferred to the target. It didn't pop though. It did jump up about 2 feet and land about 6 feet behind the target stand.
There was no exit hole, just a clean entry. I was dumbfounded that it didn't penetrate 5 inches of wet paper and fluid. Too bad it would be an incredible mess to try to recover the bullet fragments.
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What size was the Gatorade bottle? Did you shoot into the base or the side? Odd that there was no exit from a 50 yard shot. I know the bullet must have disintegrated, but sheesh, no exit at all? no fragments, bullet tips, etc?
Strange.
TRG
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It was a shot into the base. It was one of those 32 oz. bottles.
I was completely suprised. I expected most of the top of the bottle to be missing or shredded. There was evidence in the plastic that fragments struck it though.
The newspaper was pulped in many places, and the clear plastic of the bottle had little opaque spots in it from being struck. None of these spots was an actual penetration though.
Apparently the media in the bottle prevented the fragments from travelling too far or fast. I am unable to actually see any fragments, but I can see the evidence of their passing.
My opinion is that these things fragment quickly and completely. I have never seen anything else like it.
Yes, the range was 50 yds.