.32 ACP Winchester 60gr Silvertip JHP (Beretta 3032)

.32 ACP Winchester 60gr Silvertip JHP (Beretta 3032)

.32 ACP Winchester 60gr Silvertip JHP Product Number: X32ASHP, Lot Number: 54PC90						Test Date: See Remarks
Test Weapon: Beretta 3032 Tomcat, 2.4" bbl
Bare Gelatin				Denim Covered Gelatin
Gelatin Calibration: 8.0cm @ 610 fps				Gelatin Calibration: 9.9cm @ 609 fps
Shot #	Velocity Feet/Sec	Penetration Inches	Expansion	Shot #	Velocity Feet/Sec	Penetration Inches	Expansion
1	822	5.9	.48	1	823	15.3	.32
2	781	9.9	.32	2	796	14.5	.32
3	801	8.7	.35	3	750	13.6	.32
4	818	5.5	.48	4	778	14.6	.32
5	843	5.4	.50	5	771	14.3	.32
Avg.	813	7.1	.43	Avg.	784	14.5	.32
Corrected		N/A		Corrected		14.1
Remarks: Test date: 9/99. Gelatin calibration corrected to 7.7cm 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. Bullet #5 shed jacket at end of wound track.				Remarks: Test date: 10/99. Gelatin calibration corrected to 9.5cm 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 14.1 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.

Figure 1. Angular View, Nose Up

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