I scored some 15 inch ballistic gel blocks yesterday that were going to be wasted after a ballistics demo. It was cold overnight so I ran to the range today with the blocks and some pork chops and pork ribs. I used a cooking thermometer, and the blocks were both at 34 degrees after doing the tests. So, the results should be more valid than some ballistics testing I have seen done in really hot weather.
First up was the Lehigh 115 grain Xtreme Penetrator round fired out of a Sig P365. Buffalo Bore hard cast seems to do fine in all of my Glocks, but it just did not do what I had hoped in this gun in water jugs. I now have my off-pavement load for the Sig. The Xtreme Penetrator averages 1152 fps out of the test gun.
The front material included 4 layers of blue jeans, pork ribs and pork chops. The rear material included 4 layers of blue jeans and one set of pork ribs. Note that you can see the second shot about an inch from exiting the block. The recovered round had a very minor ding on one of the edges. I wish that I had better secured the ribs in the rear, but it doesn't really make a difference given the results of the first shot.
First up was the Lehigh 115 grain Xtreme Penetrator round fired out of a Sig P365. Buffalo Bore hard cast seems to do fine in all of my Glocks, but it just did not do what I had hoped in this gun in water jugs. I now have my off-pavement load for the Sig. The Xtreme Penetrator averages 1152 fps out of the test gun.
The front material included 4 layers of blue jeans, pork ribs and pork chops. The rear material included 4 layers of blue jeans and one set of pork ribs. Note that you can see the second shot about an inch from exiting the block. The recovered round had a very minor ding on one of the edges. I wish that I had better secured the ribs in the rear, but it doesn't really make a difference given the results of the first shot.