.25 ACP Ammunition Performance Data

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.25 ACP (6.35mm Browning) Ammunition Performance Data

Page updated September 1998.
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Part I. Ammunition Manufacturer Products for 1998:

CCI-Speer:

Cartridge
Ammunition Performance Data

None Manufacturer FBI Tests Other

35 grain Gold Dot JHP X

50 grain Blazer TMJ X

Federal:

Cartridge
Ammunition Performance Data

None Manufacturer FBI Tests Other

50 grain Classic FMJ X

50 grain American Eagle FMJ X

Hornady:

Cartridge
Ammunition Performance Data

None Manufacturer FBI Tests Other

35 grain XTP JHP X

PMC-Eldorado:

Cartridge
Ammunition Performance Data

None Manufacturer FBI Tests Other

50 grain FMJ X

Remington:

Cartridge
Ammunition Performance Data

None Manufacturer FBI Tests Other

50 grain FMJ X

Winchester:

Cartridge
Ammunition Performance Data

None Manufacturer FBI Tests Other

45 grain Super-X Expanding Point (EP) X

50 grain Super-X FMJ X

Part II. Manufacturer's Performance Data:

None.

Part III. FBI Ammunition Tests:

None.

Part IV. Other Performance Data:

Speer .25 ACP 35 grain Gold Dot JHP, 8/6/98:

Test Gun Barrel Length Velocity
Bare Gelatin

Denim Covered Gelatin

Penetration Expansion Penetration Expansion

Beretta M20
2.4" 861 fps 7.8" 0.35" Not tested Not tested

Notes: BB calibration velocity 596 fps/penetration 9.5 cm. Penetration and expansion values listed are five shot averages. Shot #5 exhibited asymmetrical (uneven) expansion and was invalidated. Penetration depth listed is corrected [MacPherson, Duncan: "A Simplified Penetration Depth Correction for Data Taken in Non-Standard Gelatin." Wound Ballistics Review 2(2); 41-45, 1995.] Click here to view recovered bullets.

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Cartridge	Ammunition Performance Data
Cartridge	None	Manufacturer	FBI Tests	Other
35 grain Gold Dot JHP				X
50 grain Blazer TMJ	X

Test Gun	Barrel Length	Velocity	Bare Gelatin		Denim Covered Gelatin
			Penetration	Expansion	Penetration	Expansion
Beretta M20	2.4"	861 fps	7.8"	0.35"	Not tested	Not tested
Notes: BB calibration velocity 596 fps/penetration 9.5 cm. Penetration and expansion values listed are five shot averages. Shot #5 exhibited asymmetrical (uneven) expansion and was invalidated. Penetration depth listed is corrected [MacPherson, Duncan: "A Simplified Penetration Depth Correction for Data Taken in Non-Standard Gelatin." Wound Ballistics Review 2(2); 41-45, 1995.] Click here to view recovered bullets.