Commo
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A thread in this forum asks what are the latest developments in defensive 9mm ammunition, and I thought I'd start a thread on a recent amazing study of not only 9mm but other calibers used by LE agencies.
(Mods, I couldn't find any reference to this study through search on THR.)
The study '2016/17 Joint Agency Ballistics Test for Defensive Handgun Ammunition' can be read/downloaded at the web site of the authors/coordinators of the test, Viper Weapons Training, at
https://viperweapons.us/wound-ballistics-1
It is a 51-page 'sanitized' version of the results made available to LE. By 'sanitized' they mean that all names of individuals and agencies have been taken out of the 'unclassified' version. It is, apparently, otherwise the same information made available to LE.
Using both gel and animal media they study the performance of Hollow Point, Full Metal Jacket, Solid Copper and Frangible rounds in 9mm, 357 SIG, 40 S&W, 10mm, 45 ACP and 5.7mm. They shoot into the media through denim and/or plywood. They compare this study to the results in six other such tests.
They state: "The test was conducted only to produce and record raw data and describe rounds in regards to four wound ballistics characteristics."
If you're interested in this stuff at all it is definitely worth the time to download and study. Those who are skeptical of gel media results will be interested in the animal media portions of the study, wherein they concluded that the closest analog to human tissue would be beef briskets and punctured a lot of them in the name of ballistics science.
I would love to get some discussion started based around your reactions to the Test! But I'd ask you to read the whole thing before commenting...
Commo
(Mods, I couldn't find any reference to this study through search on THR.)
The study '2016/17 Joint Agency Ballistics Test for Defensive Handgun Ammunition' can be read/downloaded at the web site of the authors/coordinators of the test, Viper Weapons Training, at
https://viperweapons.us/wound-ballistics-1
It is a 51-page 'sanitized' version of the results made available to LE. By 'sanitized' they mean that all names of individuals and agencies have been taken out of the 'unclassified' version. It is, apparently, otherwise the same information made available to LE.
Using both gel and animal media they study the performance of Hollow Point, Full Metal Jacket, Solid Copper and Frangible rounds in 9mm, 357 SIG, 40 S&W, 10mm, 45 ACP and 5.7mm. They shoot into the media through denim and/or plywood. They compare this study to the results in six other such tests.
They state: "The test was conducted only to produce and record raw data and describe rounds in regards to four wound ballistics characteristics."
If you're interested in this stuff at all it is definitely worth the time to download and study. Those who are skeptical of gel media results will be interested in the animal media portions of the study, wherein they concluded that the closest analog to human tissue would be beef briskets and punctured a lot of them in the name of ballistics science.
I would love to get some discussion started based around your reactions to the Test! But I'd ask you to read the whole thing before commenting...
Commo