Note:
10-feet distance from muzzle to ballistic gelatin block
White shaded cell represents bare 10-percent ballistic gelatin
Light blue shaded cell represents FBI Heavy Clothing on 10-percent ballistic gelatin
| Cartridge (Product #) |
Impact Velocity (ft/sec) |
Maximum Penetration Depth (inch) |
Expanded Diameter (inch) |
Recovered Weight (grain) |
Sample Size (quantity) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Deviation | Standard Deviation | Standard Deviation | Standard Deviation | ||
| Buffalo Bore | |||||
125gr XTP (25A) |
1515 | 12.9 | 0.547 | 94.4 | 5 |
| 15 | 0.8 | 0.022 | 1.6 | ||
125gr XTP (143374) |
1517 | 12.7 | 0.603 | 119.0 | 5 |
| 27 | 0.5 | 0.027 | 4.5 | ||
| Cor-Bon | |||||
125gr JHP (SD357SIG125) |
1502 | 11.3 | 0.549 | 77.3 | 5 |
| 17 | 0.4 | 0.036 | 5.9 | ||
| Federal | |||||
125gr JHP (P357S1) |
1436 | 11.6 | 0.610 | 124.8 | 5 |
| 5 | 0.2 | 0.004 | 0.5 | ||
| Glaser | |||||
80gr Blue Safety Slug (GL02500) |
1554 | 10.2 | NA | 80 | 4 |
| 41 | 3.9 | ||||
80gr Blue Safety Slug (GL02500) |
1612 | 12.3 | NA | 80 | 4 |
| 51 | 4.3 | ||||
| Grizzly | |||||
90gr JHP (GC357S2) |
1795 | 7.0 | 0.586 | 52.3 | 5 |
| 28 | 0.2 | 0.010 | 0.5 | ||
90gr JHP (GC357S2) |
1788 | 8.0 | 0.580 | 70.5 | 5 |
| 29 | 0.3 | 0.020 | 5.3 | ||
| Hornady | |||||
147gr XTP (9131) |
1270 | 17.6 | 0.534 | 135.1 | 5 |
| 17 | 0.1 | 0.005 | 0.6 | ||
147gr XTP (9131) |
1260 | 17.0 | 0.525 | 143.5 | 5 |
| 8 | 0.9 | 0.017 | 1.3 | ||
| Winchester | |||||
125gr USA JHP (USA357SJHP) |
1412 | 14.2 | 0.565 | 107.1 | 5 |
| 21 | 5.5 | 0.080 | 21.5 | ||
125gr USA JHP (USA357SJHP) |
1406 | 12.3 | 0.639 | 121.6 | 5 |
| 16 | 1.2 | 0.028 | 2.8 | ||