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by Charles L. Cotton
Wed Jul 11, 2018 2:02 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Ballistic testing - Academic discussion v. real performance
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Ballistic testing - Academic discussion v. real performance

Anyone who has followed my posts on ballistic testing knows I'm a fan of both Luckygunner.com's testing as well as Paul Harrell's work. In my view, testing with ballistic gelatin is valid only for comparing one cartridge against another. It is not useful for "real world" performance testing. This fact is abundantly clear when comparing the results of Luckybunner's testing of Federal HST 90gr. JHP .380ACP v. Paul Harrell's of the same ammo. (See video below.)

The HST did not perform well in ballistic gelatin, but it was excellent in Harrell's meat target. At the end of the day, Paul Harrell's testing by multiple methods is far more valuable than ballistic gelatin. This is especially true with the meat target.

Chas.

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