+1 for all that. And to put PLENTY of penetration into perspective, Fackler's wound profiles show about 28" of penetration in bare gelatin for 9mm ball and 21" (with a 180 degree "flip" in the...
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+1 for all that. And to put PLENTY of penetration into perspective, Fackler's wound profiles show about 28" of penetration in bare gelatin for 9mm ball and 21" (with a 180 degree "flip" in the...
Yes! And an inexperienced shooter with just enough practice for familiarity could easily develop a flinch to negate any possible gain from the multi-projectile load.
One advantage of the four 000...
Or like Keith's 260 grain .44 Special Belding & Mull bullet. Here's a pic from Sixguns, page 281.
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Anyone seriously considering the Judge for self-defense should seriously watch these two videos by Shooting the Bull:
Judging The Judge: Public Defender Review, Part 1: Claims vs Reality
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To me, "full-sized snubby" seems almost a contradiction in terms. But the OP did specify "full size grip, short barrel, full 6-shot capacity."
Here's a Webley Metropolitan Police model that meets...
You are entirely welcome. But VIRGEL is best used interactively. The interface is designed to instantaneously predict how changes in bullet parameters (nose shape, diameter, weight, and velocity)...
Yes. That should "do the trick."
Here's a screenshot showing predicted data for that load along with the wound mass numbers for other loads for comparison.
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Note that the wound...
From Hatcher's Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers, pp. 174-5:
"At Springfield Armory the thousands of automatic pistols specially selected for use at the National Matches are targeted by the use...
I've loaded 4.0 grains of Red Dot under a pair of 150 grain wadcutters deep-seated in .44 Special cases. This gives about 600 f/s from a 2" Bulldog. Based on that, I'd start with 5.0 grains of...
Your reload that got my attention was the heavy XTP at something north of 900 f/s. IIRC that load expanded to about 0.40" in water and had a predicted wound mass (by MacPherson's calculation)...
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For expansion, there's not much difference between water, real 10% gel, and tissue. And the bullet expansion happens early on where the velocity is highest.
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I'd try a milk carton full of water to expand the bullets and cardboard boxes full of pillow stuffing to catch them.
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I've tried a single cantenna at the target -- either directly on the camera module or on a separate ESP32 access point to which the camera connects. I've also tried a cantenna on both ends. Never...
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300 yards shouldn't be that hard. Here's a screenshot of a wifi scan from the firing line with the camera cantenna at the 200 yard butts.
https://rewebster.org/pics/wifi_scan.png
The dBm units...
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1) Save yourself some headaches and get a camera module that piggy-backs with a plug in board with a micro USB connector. The Amazon ad will say something like "ESP32-CAM-MB" (the "MB" somehow...
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I've been trying to get back into 200 yard off-hand rifle shooting after a 20 year layoff. Sadly, during those 20 years, my rifles seem to have lost much of their old accuracy, my shooting jacket...
Even at just 550 f/s, the .38 WC would give FBI-approved penetration and damage more tissue than a .38 caliber FMJ at considerably higher velocity. Consider the wound mass comparison in the graph...
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I'll take the .223 barrel with Phantom scope.
Maybe this:
"Many hand loaders have used the Keith 160 grain hollow point in all three of these auto pistol cartridges and some of the 160 grain Keith hollow base bullets. They seat all bands down...
Lyman 45th Edition lists loads for the Lyman 158 grain 358311. "Suggested starting" loads are 3.0 grains of Bullseye, 3.0 grains of Red Dot, 3.5 grains of Unique, and 3.6 grains of Herco. "Accuracy...
Your disagreement is probably more with me than with Hatcher. My showing that accuracy table out of context didn't do the Colonel (or the state of the art a hundred years ago) full justice.
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Indeed you did. And the link to the Leatham video in post 42 was intended to reinforce your point.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |