55 grain Hornady GMX, 55 grain TSX (loaded by Federal), and 64 grain Winchester Ranger Razorback XT fired into Perma-Gel from a Steyr AUG with a 16 inch 1:9 barrel at 10 yards.
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Price:
The Hornady GMX is the cheapest, costing about $21 dollars per 20 rounds.
The Winchester Razorback XT retails for about $25 dollars per 20 rounds.
The Federal loading of the TSX round usually sells for just under $30 per 20 rounds.
Discussion:
As seen in the pictures, the TSX opens the most and the fastest. The GMX expanded more than the XT but the XT looks to have started to open up sooner than the GMX. The XT penetrated more than an inch into the wood backstop and had to be cut out, the GMX left a deep impression but bounced off the backstop, and the TSX left a shallow impression and bounced of the backstop. I was anxious to see how the Winchester Razorback XT performed since I hadn't been able to find any pictures of recovered XT rounds on the internet. The lack of expansion the XT round displayed was fairly disappointing, especially when compared to the pictures used to market the round.
Previous Gels:
Birdshot and Buckshot
Russian ammo
Proof of concept