Ammo observations at the range.

[G.A. Heath]

Me and one of my hunting buddies decided to to go do some fun shooting that didn't involve killing anything (a visit to the range), in fact we didn't even take any rifles. We took our own target out, it was made from several light guage sheets of steel bound together with wire, as It traps most handgun bullets effectively. We took his CZ-82, my XD, his Taurus Raging Bull .44 mag, and my Ruger Super Blackhawk (Also a .44 mag).

The CZ didn't penetrate the first sheet, but made a sizable dent, so we did not recover any rounds from it. Next up was the XD with 95 grain Aquilla IQ ammo, and Winchester hollow points whose specs were known to me at one time but considering the case is long gone and the box is a plain white affair I have nothing more than a vague recollection of it being a 155 grain ranger. The Aguilla did not deform very well as it penetrated two sheets then stopped without deforming the the back 80% of the bullet. The Winchesters penetrated the same as the Aguillas did, but deformed the entire bullet into an even, relatively round, button like piece of copper and lead. Next up we had the .44 mags shooting Winchester 240Gr Jacketed Soft Points and Hornady 225gr LEVERevolutions. The Winchesters deformed unevenly penetrating 3, almost four sheets each time. The Hornadys deformed evenly penetrating 4 sheets and nearly penetrating the final fifth sheet more often than not.

Below is a picture taken of some of the deformed rounds (Winchester .40 S&W, Winchester .44 Mag, Hornady .44 Mag -- left to right):


I figure this may be interesting to some of you so enjoy.

[redoregon]

Interesting, keep it up! That right-hand side one would make neat shirt buttons if not for all the lead.. looks like it was made in China or something

[G.A. Heath]

This is a target of similar construction to the one used to capture the rounds in the photo above. This target has fifteen layers where the first had five.

Right to left top to bottom the rounds/Damage to this target is as follows:
First row: .44 Mag LEVERevolution (8 Yards)
Second row: .45 Long Colt (8 Yards), .45-70 LEVERevolution (50 Yards)
Bullseye: .308 Winchester Federal Polymer tip (upper hole) and .338 Marlin Express LEVERevolution (Lower hole)
Lowest right: .308 Winchester Federal Polymer tip (First .308 shot hit close to the .338 impact).




Same as above but Right to lefts are switched around as the target is turned around.