Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Buffalo Bore .380 Hard Cast Mixed Media Test Glock 42

Buffalo Bore 100 grain hard cast flat point standard pressure .380 fired out of a Glock 42. The round averages 958 fps out of the test gun. Unfortunately, the round did not hit a pork rib during the test, but I figured I would throw this post up anyway. It penetrated 6 layers of blue jean material from cut off pants legs (not IWBA spec), 18 inches of water, 6 layers of water jug plastic, and the flesh between two sets of pork ribs. The round was captured in the blue jean material after passing through jug 3 and the first two layers of jean material and rib flesh. (The ding on the rib bone attached to jug 1 was from an earlier test.) I thought the reaction of the back of jug 3 was interesting. It looks like maybe a little red mist went back into the jug.



I tried again dumping three rounds and still didn’t hit a rib. I will have to try this again sometime when I want to throw some more time and money at the venture. I still am impressed that this gun punches above its weight class with hard cast rounds.

The beauty of hard cast bullets at handgun velocities.....they usually get to where they are supposed to go! memtb

Very cool test, Cheyenne. Thanks for sharing.

Nice test! I've been thinking about trying the BB load in my little P3AT-I think I will be wearing a shooting glove when I do, however, the thing is not pleasant to shoot.

Thank you...nice test...

Thanks, folks. I will try this again at some point, until I go through bone. I also need to do it with my wife's Sheild .380 EZ. It gets an average of 46 fps extra velocity with that ammo.

340boy, the load is fine from the Glock. If you look at the contact shot test that I did a couple of weeks ago, you will see the gun recoil very mildly.