[5pins]

I did some gel shooting today and after I was finished I decided to shoot a round off that I had laying around. A Speer .45 ACP 200gr JHP. Yes the legendary Flying Ashtray. I only had one, unfortunately, so I could not do a proper test.

One round in Clear Ballistics gel out of a Sig 1911. Impact velocity of 984fps and it expanded to .75 inches! Just look at that big flat bullet. However that large expansion had a cost of only allowing it to penetrate to 11 inches.

I wish I had more so I could test it properly. I’m going to look around and see if I have more laying around.

 

[USMC6872]

Speer's stuff is pretty good.
But the Lucky Gunner Tests on the Remington .40 STILL has my vote.

13 inch penetration after 4 layers of Denim. And a measured diameter of .80 inches.
From a .40 caliber bullet.

And that was the average of 5 shots.

The winner and still champion.

 

[5pins]

A member on another forum was kind enough to donate six bullets for testing. Obviously working up a load with only six bullets wasn’t an option so I went with 7.8gs of Longshot. According to Hodgdon’s I should get around 1000fps. I’m going to shoot them sometime next week and let everyone know how they did.

 

[GCBHM]

Guys...this is cool, sure, but it really doesn't matter all that much. Until you get into the kind of energy dispensed by rifles rounds, this notion of "expansion" really is a moot point.

 

[ca survivor]

I will keep following this thread since I carry Speer GD 230gr in the .45s and 180s in the .40s

 

[Jonzim48]

I carry the Speer 185gr in my P227 and Sig 1911. Good stuff