Originally Posted by JPro
Originally Posted by Mule Deer
Have yet to see an LRX fail to expand similarly to a TTSX at ranges out to 300+ yards on game, even when started at muzzle velocities down to 2750 fps.

Might also comment that shooting water jugs is the least realistic of the many kinds of "test media" I've used. Which is why I haven't done it for years,


As most of us do have access to water jugs, I wonder is there is something suitable for filling them that might be a decent test media?


Have used a bunch of different kinds of test media over the decades. The one I trust most for comparing big game bullets is stacks of dry newspaper, which in my experience tends to replicate how well bullets penetrate when hitting bone better than anything else I've tried. And bone is a far bigger variable than "soft" chest tissue--which water jugs kinda simulate, but not all that well.

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