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Shot this through three filled water jugs, then it went into through the wooden wall of my barn, through a 1/4" sheet of plywood leaning on the other side and was laying like this in the dirt. all 6 holes in the jugs were bullet diameter which left me perplexed until I found the bullet....
9mm 4.25" barrel
I was about 8 feet from the first jug when i shot.
I did this test with a 147 grain HST and it was laying in the third jug fully expanded. Needless to say, the three boxes of these will be range ammo.
Winchester Ranger T 147 bought within the last month.... This is self defense ammo???







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You did know 9mm only works in lungs and blows them clean out.

Apparently it doesn’t even need to expand to do so….

wow. Water will usually expand pretty much anything!

Looks like the plastic from the jug in the hollow point preventing water from hydraulically expanding the bullet.

Same test
147 and 124 HST both found in 3rd jug


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Unfired looks basically the
Same

I don’t think it’s plugged with plastic