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Cartridge : Various .32ACP handloads

Firearm : Kel-Tec P32 with 2.75" barrel length.

Calibration : 8.6 ± 0.05cm BB penetration at 599 ± 0.500 ft/sec

Various loads were shot at the block, with many of them consisting of pulled and reloaded bullets firing at higher and lower velocities than they functioned from the factory.

Shot 1 - Federal 65gr Hydrashok, pulled, one drop of superglue dryed in cavity to limit expansion. 883 ± 0.500 ft/sec impact velocity , 9.5 ± 0.031" penetration, 0.436 ± 0.0005" average diameter.

Shot 2- Federal 65gr Hydrashok, pulled, two drops of superglue dryed in cavity to limit expansion. 835 ± 0.500 ft/sec impact velocity , 10.0 ± 0.031" penetration, 0.400 ± 0.0005" average diameter.

Shot 3 - Federal 65gr Hydrashok, pulled, two drops of superglue (one drop allowed to dry and another drop dryed on top of it) dryed in cavity to limit expansion. 943 ± 0.500 ft/sec impact velocity , 9.3 ± 0.031" penetration, 0.446 ± 0.0005" average diameter.

Shot 4 - Speer 60gr Gold Dot, pulled, 843 ± 0.500 ft/sec impact velocity, 7.2 ± 0.031" penetration, 0.500 ± 0.0005" average diameter.

Shot 5 - Cor-Bon 60gr, pulled, 571 ± 0.500 ft/sec impact velocity, 9.6 ± 0.031" penetration, 0.312 ± 0.0005" average diameter.

Shot 6 - Cor-Bon 60gr, pulled, 629 ± 0.500 ft/sec impact velocity, 11.1 ± 0.031" penetration, 0.312 ± 0.0005" average diameter.

Shot 7 - Cor-Bon 60gr, pulled, 706 ± 0.500 ft/sec impact velocity, 12.4 ± 0.031" penetration, 0.312 ± 0.0005" average diameter.

Shot 8 - Speer 60gr Gold Dot, pulled, 811 ± 0.500 ft/sec impact velocity, exited side of block at 7.9 ± 0.031" . Bullet not recovered but assumed that expansion occured due to the appearance of the temporary cavity (the 'stretch marks' in the gelatin block behind the bullet).

Shot 9 - Fiocchi 60gr SJHP, factory, 916 ± 0.500 ft/sec, hollowpoint cavity physically altered by making 'x' shaped cut in the lead portion of the hollowpoint with a razor blade and lightly chamfering the lead tip, by hand, with a chamfer bit. Exited side of block at 10.1 ± 0.031" . Lead tip fragmented along the entire bullet path.

Shot 10 - Fiocchi 60gr SJHP, factory, 854 ± 0.500 ft/sec. Perforated entire 16.0 ± 0.031" block and recovered at 0.304" diameter, no expansion.

Shot 11 - Speer 60gr Gold Dot, pulled, 626 ± 0.500 ft/sec impact velocity, no expansion, 9.8 ± 0.031" penetration.



 
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