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.22 LR Aguila 30gr Super Maximum High Velocity LHP (Ruger 22/45)

.22 LR Aguila 30gr Super Maximum High Velocity LHP
Product Number: None on box, Lot Number: 310399012
Test Date: See Remarks
Test Weapon: Ruger 22/45, 5.5" bbl  
Bare Gelatin   Denim Covered Gelatin
Gelatin Calibration: 8.5cm @ 608 fps Gelatin Calibration: 10.4cm @ 616 fps
Shot # Velocity
Feet/Sec
Penetration
Inches
Expansion Shot # Velocity
Feet/Sec
Penetration
Inches
Expansion
1 1275 7.2 .38 1 1303 6.9 .40
2 1275 7.8 .38 2 1282 7.4 .35
3 1293 7.2 .37 3 1241 7.4 .36
4 1298 7.2 .39 4 1229 14.2 .22
5 1187 7.6 .37 5 1240 7.4 .38
Avg. 1266 7.4 .38 Avg. 1259 8.7 .34
Corrected N/A   Corrected 8.2  
Remarks:
Test date: 9/99.

Gelatin calibration corrected to 8.2cm 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.

Terminal performance presented here should be similar to performance expected from a revolver with 4" barrel.

Remarks:
Test date: 10/99.

Gelatin calibration corrected to 9.9cm 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.

Five shot average penetration depth corrected to 8.2 inches in accordance with: MacPherson, Duncan: "A Simplified Penetration Depth Correction for Data Taken in Non-standard Gelatin." Wound Ballistics Review 2(2); pp. 41-45, 1995.

Terminal performance presented here should be similar to performance expected from a revolver with 4" barrel.


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