25 April 2023

Technological Advancement

Remember Hydra-Shok?

Federal still makes it.

Lucky Gunner did a bunch of gel tests to the FBI standard.

124gr Hydra-Shok, with a mean velocity of 1,053 fps expanded thusly:

Penetration was:

The newer 124gr HST flying at a mean of 1,135 fps expanded more uniformly

Penetration was:

Make your purchase decisions appropriately.

Personally, I like bigger holes than smaller in the bad-guy.

3 comments:

  1. me likee...i carry the hornady critical 147 grn...panzer guy

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  2. The article those came from is quite interesting. Looks like Federal HST is one of the top performers in 9mm.

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  3. The testing for 45ACP shows very similar results, and caused me to switch to HST for my carry ammo.

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