Handload ammo test

[Superman]

Mihec 9mm HP mold drops HP bullets 126.5-127.8gr

Not water dropped

Powder coated

Loaded with 4gr of Winchester 231

Fired from a Glock 19

 

First HP penetrated 3 jugs of water and cracked the backside of the 3rd jug, but stayed in the 3rd jug. Each jug is right at 5.5" so about 16-17" of penetration. I have read that you deduct 10% to get an approximate penetration in gel. So that would be just shy of 15" in gel. Expansion was .550" at the narrowest and .589" at the widest. Retained weight 126.2gr

 

2nd HP round fired through 2 layers denim cracked the front of the 4th jug but stayed in the 3rd jug. Expansion was .463" at the narrowest and .486" at the widest. Retained weight 127.6gr

 

3rd HP round fired through 4 layers of denim. Only had 4 jugs left, penetrated through all 4 and into the backstop. Bullet not recovered but from the looks of the holes in the jugs it expanded very little if at all.

 

I know its not scientific, but I had fun with it. I will do some more testing later to see if the oven curing of the PC is making the bullets to hard or not. May need to push the bullets a little faster to, but I haven't bought a chronograph yet.

 

 

Edited November 24, 2013 by Superman

[RED333]

Nice, what was the weight after the shot?

[Superman]

I forgot to put that in there. First shot 126.2gr 2nd shot 127.6gr

 

I added it to the OP

Edited November 24, 2013 by Superman

[MarkInNashville]

Excellent! You have taken it much further than I have, Thank you for posting.

[RED333]

WOW, less than a gran lost.

Powder coat, dry spray and cook or wet coat and cook?

Edited November 24, 2013 by RED333

[Superman]

Wet coat and cook. I haven't tried the spray method. But I saw on castboolits someone is having luck tumble coating them dry, may try that.

 

I think I will order a chronograph for the upcoming weekend. Might look into a hardness tester to.

[Luke E.]

 Cool test and interesting results! Looking forward to seeing more updates.

[Superman]

Chronograph on the way

[Superman]

CE ProChrono Digital  All fired from Glock 19

 

Mihec 9mm HP 127gr            GoldDot 124gr                     GoldDot 124gr +P

4gr 231                                  Adv  1150fps                        Adv  1220fps  4"bbl

                                                                                       1166                           W/O 2nd shot

1020       Avg  1028              1049      Avg  1093                  997       Avg 1156         Avg  1183

1047        ES   58                 1114       ES    65                  1200       ES   203           ES   34

1004        SD   25                 1109       SD    27                  1175       SD   71            SD   14

1008                                    1110                                      1195

1062                                    1083                                     1180

 

Win 147gr RangerT             Rem UMC 115gr                     WWB 115gr

Adv  990fps  4"bbl                                                              Adv  1190fps 4"bbl

980          Avg  985              1103       Avg 1076                  1131      Avg 1127

994           ES  42                1115        ES   91                   1103        ES   72

989           SD  15                1064        SD   41                   1112        SD   28

1004                                   1024                                       1117

962                                                                                   1175

 

Wolf 115gr

 

1114     Avg  1081

1070     ES     62

1089     SD     26

1052

Edited November 28, 2013 by Superman

[Superman]

9mm 127gr cast HP

4.4gr Win231

 

1110            Avg  1120

1107             ES    36

1121             SD    14

1119

1143

 

 

Shot thru 2 layers denim thru 3 jugs stayed in 3rd jug

Retained weight  126.2gr

Expansion .465-.507

 

Shot thru 4 layers denim thru 3 milk jugs and 2 antifreeze jugs. Stayed in the 2nd AF jug

Retained weight  126.3gr

Expansion barely deformed the HP

 

 

Edited November 30, 2013 by Superman

[Superman]

I will cast some out of stick-on weights and see if that changes anything.

[kcevans]

I have cast out some soft cast 135 grain HP's, I'm waiting on a new coating and then I will get some ballistic results.

The ones that I have shot have been run over 4.0 grains of HP-38 with got expansion with very little recoil, just the dreaded smoke issue.

[Superman]

Now we're gettin somewhere. Mihec HP cast with stickon wheel weights. Weight 128.5gr, loaded with 4.3gr Win231

 

Fired through 4 layers of denim.

penetrated 2 jugs, found bullet between 2nd and 3rd jug.

Retained weight 128.5gr

expansion  .618-.655

 

 

Edited December 15, 2013 by Superman