(Let me know, please, if this is dead-horse material and I'll spare you the 7mm, 8mm, 30-cal, etc results)
I've been keeping this "work" going on my first-love internet reloading site. Figured I'd share with my other favorite place to seek and absorb reloading knowledge.
The following are terminal tests of a number of different bullets in several calibers. The goal being to see what velocity windows a given bullet performs most ideally in. A lot of non-surprises, and a few surprises to boot. The media I'm using is stacked newspaper, soaked overnight to total saturation. It mimics dense tissue quite appropriately, however doesn't offer the "spongy" and/or "woody" aspects that set of lungs and/or rib cage, shoulder, etc. presents. That said, it's a remarkably consistent medium to compare "apples to apples" and I think it's fair to assume any two bullets compared as-such are likely to perform comparably were they to encounter the same denser/lighter obstacles.
This is a work in progress so please feel free to offer your input as to suggestions, predictions, etc.
To start here's the data I gathered for 6mm bullets, tested in the .243 Winchester.
I've been keeping this "work" going on my first-love internet reloading site. Figured I'd share with my other favorite place to seek and absorb reloading knowledge.
The following are terminal tests of a number of different bullets in several calibers. The goal being to see what velocity windows a given bullet performs most ideally in. A lot of non-surprises, and a few surprises to boot. The media I'm using is stacked newspaper, soaked overnight to total saturation. It mimics dense tissue quite appropriately, however doesn't offer the "spongy" and/or "woody" aspects that set of lungs and/or rib cage, shoulder, etc. presents. That said, it's a remarkably consistent medium to compare "apples to apples" and I think it's fair to assume any two bullets compared as-such are likely to perform comparably were they to encounter the same denser/lighter obstacles.
This is a work in progress so please feel free to offer your input as to suggestions, predictions, etc.
To start here's the data I gathered for 6mm bullets, tested in the .243 Winchester.