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.45 ACP Federal 230gr HydraShok JHP
Product Number: P45HS1, Lot Number: 250076Z320
Test Date: 04/00
Test Weapon: Glock 30, 3.8" bbl Click here to view recovered bullets
Bare Gelatin   Denim Covered Gelatin
Gelatin Calibration: 8.9cm @ 597 fps Gelatin Calibration: 8.5cm @ 601 fps
Shot # Velocity
Feet/Sec
Penetration
Inches
Expansion Shot # Velocity
Feet/Sec
Penetration
Inches
Expansion
1 821 13.0 .67 1 806 18+ ---
2 817 13.1 .67 2 813 18+ ---
3 814 12.7 .66 3 834 18+ ---
4 812 12.7 .66 4 813 18+ ---
5 814 12.8 .64 5 800 18+ ---
Avg. 815 12.9 .66 Avg. 813 18+ See Remarks
Corrected N/A   Corrected N/A  
Remarks:
Calibration BB penetration depth corrected to 8.7cm due to velocity error in accordance with: "Figure 5-2, Velocity Variation Correction to Measured BB Penetration Depth." Bullet Penetration, MacPherson, Duncan, Ballistic Publications, El Segundo, CA, 1994, p. 84.

Jacket fragments observed in all wound tracks.

Remarks:
Calibration BB penetration depth corrected to 8.3cm due to velocity error in accordance with: "Figure 5-2, Velocity Variation Correction to Measured BB Penetration Depth." Bullet Penetration, MacPherson, Duncan, Ballistic Publications, El Segundo, CA, 1994, p. 84.

Average expanded bullet diameter cannot be determined because all bullets penetrated the entire length of the 18 inch gelatin block, exited, and the bullets were not recovered.

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