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.
me likee...i carry the hornady critical 147 grn...panzer guy
ReplyDeleteThe article those came from is quite interesting. Looks like Federal HST is one of the top performers in 9mm.
ReplyDeleteThe testing for 45ACP shows very similar results, and caused me to switch to HST for my carry ammo.
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