Something I've wanted to do for a long time and have never taken the time to do it, shoot some jugs full of water and recover the bullets. I'm not posting this to start arguments between the two calibers, personally I have both, shoot both quite a bit and reload for both of them, ( and many others).
My main CC is a Glock 27, with a 357sig barrel and Speer Gold Dot 125gr(54234). I shoot both 357 and 40 from this gun almost every trip to the range, I love it. Also shoot 22 with a Advantage Auto conversion.
The self defense round I had settled on in 40 cal before getting the 357 sig barrel was Federal Premium Tactical HST 180gr(P40HTS1)
Today I decided to shoot them both into milk jugs full of water to see how they compared.
The 40 was captured in the 3rd jug, it dented the opposite side, but was not able to exit that jug.
The 357sig penetrated farther going into the 4th jug, and had quite a bit more initial 'shock' in the first jug. That was my observation when shooting, that it was a more explosive impact, the top was torn completely off the jug.
BUT check out that Federal HST 40! What a cool bullet, I've seen plenty of pictures of this, but it's neat to handle it. The ridged on each pedal are sharp, like 6 little blades. MUCH more impressive looking than the GoldDot, though I have to remind myself looking at it that it's going to stop long before the 357 round does.
This is 'for entertainment purposes only', as far as I'm concerned, and is just a fun comparison of how the two cartridges behaved. Enjoy!
Pics are below... In all pictures, both bullets and jugs, the 40 is on the left, the 357sig is on the right.
This is the 1st jug. 357 sig just exploded the jug, top torn off, etc.
2nd jug is similar for both, the 357 sig jug is more damaged but not by a lot.
Jug 3 has a simple entry and exit hole for the 357 sig. The 40 has an entry and dent on the back where it tried to exit but couldn't.
4th jug that the 357 made it to had a simple entry hole.
My main CC is a Glock 27, with a 357sig barrel and Speer Gold Dot 125gr(54234). I shoot both 357 and 40 from this gun almost every trip to the range, I love it. Also shoot 22 with a Advantage Auto conversion.
The self defense round I had settled on in 40 cal before getting the 357 sig barrel was Federal Premium Tactical HST 180gr(P40HTS1)
Today I decided to shoot them both into milk jugs full of water to see how they compared.
The 40 was captured in the 3rd jug, it dented the opposite side, but was not able to exit that jug.
The 357sig penetrated farther going into the 4th jug, and had quite a bit more initial 'shock' in the first jug. That was my observation when shooting, that it was a more explosive impact, the top was torn completely off the jug.
BUT check out that Federal HST 40! What a cool bullet, I've seen plenty of pictures of this, but it's neat to handle it. The ridged on each pedal are sharp, like 6 little blades. MUCH more impressive looking than the GoldDot, though I have to remind myself looking at it that it's going to stop long before the 357 round does.
This is 'for entertainment purposes only', as far as I'm concerned, and is just a fun comparison of how the two cartridges behaved. Enjoy!
Pics are below... In all pictures, both bullets and jugs, the 40 is on the left, the 357sig is on the right.
This is the 1st jug. 357 sig just exploded the jug, top torn off, etc.
2nd jug is similar for both, the 357 sig jug is more damaged but not by a lot.
Jug 3 has a simple entry and exit hole for the 357 sig. The 40 has an entry and dent on the back where it tried to exit but couldn't.
4th jug that the 357 made it to had a simple entry hole.
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