wjmst
Gold Member
Since I live in the woods I am fortunate enough to have my own gun range and with all the talk lately about guns on here I thought I would post my experiment from this past weekend.
Ruger LCR .38spl vs Taurus PT709
This weekend I performed a highly unscientific, but fun experiment. I stacked a couple of books together (each about 1 inch thick) and shot them from 10 yards to see which penetrated more, the .38spl revolver or 9mm pistol.
My thoughts were they would be about the same. What do you think? Take a guess.
Results:
.38spl Hornady Critical Defense 115gr went through one book and lodged itself in the second book, expanded as expected.
.38spl Winchester Target 138gr went through one book and the bullet was embedded in the second book without damage to the bullet.
9mm Hornady Critical Defense 115gr went through both books, expanding as expected.
9mm Federal Premium Hydra-Shok 135gr went through both books, expanding as expected.
9mm Winchester Target 115gr went through both books, no expansion as expected.
The entry hole was about the size of a pencil and the exit hole almost the size of a quarter for the Personal Defense ammo.
It was pretty neat. I was surprised to see that the books stopped the .38spl, but the 9mm went completely through them.
Then we shot the books with a .270 Mossberg rifle from 50 yards. That was the end of the books.
All in all a fun time at the range and we learned a lesson too, take a 9mm not a .38spl when shooting at the library!
Wes
Ruger LCR .38spl vs Taurus PT709
This weekend I performed a highly unscientific, but fun experiment. I stacked a couple of books together (each about 1 inch thick) and shot them from 10 yards to see which penetrated more, the .38spl revolver or 9mm pistol.
My thoughts were they would be about the same. What do you think? Take a guess.
Results:
.38spl Hornady Critical Defense 115gr went through one book and lodged itself in the second book, expanded as expected.
.38spl Winchester Target 138gr went through one book and the bullet was embedded in the second book without damage to the bullet.
9mm Hornady Critical Defense 115gr went through both books, expanding as expected.
9mm Federal Premium Hydra-Shok 135gr went through both books, expanding as expected.
9mm Winchester Target 115gr went through both books, no expansion as expected.
The entry hole was about the size of a pencil and the exit hole almost the size of a quarter for the Personal Defense ammo.
It was pretty neat. I was surprised to see that the books stopped the .38spl, but the 9mm went completely through them.
Then we shot the books with a .270 Mossberg rifle from 50 yards. That was the end of the books.
All in all a fun time at the range and we learned a lesson too, take a 9mm not a .38spl when shooting at the library!
Wes