Tag: ballistic

  • Making Hollow Points With a Case Trimmer

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    ENDO-Mike
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    [youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEsTD8CJzAg[/youtube] Definitely an interesting idea.  I’d like to see the results in some ballistic gelatin. The absence of a copper jacket, and the fact the hole isn’t perfectly centered makes me think it wouldn’t retain its weight very well (if at all).  I have no doubt it would expand like a banshee though.

  • Stopping power of body armor diagram

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      Body Armor Performance Standards:   Level IIA New armor protects against 8 g (124 gr) 9x19mm Parabellum Full Metal Jacketed Round Nose (FMJ RN) bullets at a velocity of 373 m/s ± 9.1 m/s (1225 ft/s ± 30 ft/s) and 11.7 g (180 gr) .40 S&W Full Metal Jacketed (FMJ) bullets at a velocity…