SU35,
I tried this type of test (dry news print) with 25cal bullets about 10 years ago. The thing that shocked me was the fact that Hornady SST bullets penetrated like crazy AND set the news print on fire. The SST bullets were destroyed but they always made it to the back of the 8" stack and within a minute or so the smoke would come billowing out of the back. Nosler PT's, Hornady IL's, Hornady RN's Speer, none of the others set the paper on fire....???