Well I have a funny story and this is as good as place as any.
Went to the local gun store today and they had some "ranger" ammo, put me in mind of the old "black talon" so I bought a couple of boxes. Not a real bad price but didn't pay that much for the old black talon in the day:rolleyes:.
Decided to try my own "ballistics test" And this is where things go horribly wrong.
I figured that an old 40S&W (you know, slow and weak) would not be able to penatrate a 5 gal bucket of water firing from above straight down.
Well first round was a "hydrashock", hit the water from a height of about 8 ft, split the bucket side from the kinectic energy:eek:. The shell actually seperated copper from lead, the lead bullet went through the bottom of the bucket, but only cracked it.
The funny part (well not so funny at the time) was I was standing off to the side of the bucket and above. Well let me tell you that a "slow and weak" will empty a bucket of water in a plume straight up and soak your rear.
Well not to be out done and simply because my test was not complete I placed another bucket under this one and proceeded with test 2.
Test 2 was a "gold dot" mushroomed very nicely, not much "spread" but the effect was the same, 2nd bath of the night.
Test 3 was the ranger "LE" ammo, well much to my surprise this ammo split the bottom of the bucket from one side to the other, the jacket still seperated but the "claws" would do plenty of damage.
So now 2 hrs later, I have cleaned the water out of my gun (and Ct laser), all my mags I had on me, I'm still a litle damp but it was worth it.
What did I learn?
1. Shooting at a bucket of water has a very violent reaction, almost like a volcano.
2. The crap about 40 being "slow and weak" is just that, crap.
3. Plastic buckets are not as strong as I remember.
4. Guns don't really care for water, but will continue to shoot if wet.
5. I really love shooting stuff. :wave:
Now I really don't know what the ranger ammo goes for but the local gun store had 40 for 29.95, and 45 for 39.95. For 50 round boxes.