.380 ACP Hornady 90gr XTP JHP (Beretta 85)

.380 ACP Hornady 90gr XTP JHP Product Number: 9010, Lot Number: 35ND01 015						Test Date: See Remarks
Test Weapon: Beretta 85, 3.8" bbl
Bare Gelatin				Denim Covered Gelatin
Gelatin Calibration: 10.2cm @ 622 fps				Gelatin Calibration: 9.3cm @ 602 fps
Shot #	Velocity Feet/Sec	Penetration Inches	Expansion	Shot #	Velocity Feet/Sec	Penetration Inches	Expansion
1	993	12.4	.42	1	1013	14.1	.45
2	1024	10.2	.47	2	1024	12.6	.47
3	1015	11.1	.47	3	1039	14.3	.46
4	1018	11.1	.45	4	1024	13.9	.43
5	998	11.3	.44	5	975	18+	NR
Avg.	1010	11.2	.45	Avg.	1015	See Remarks	See Remarks
Corrected		10.9		Corrected		N/A
Remarks: Test date: 9/99. Gelatin calibration corrected to 9.6cm 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 10.9 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. All bullets fragmented. Average recovered bullet weight: 79.8grs.				Remarks: Test Date: 10/99. Gelatin calibration corrected to 9.1cm 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 and expanded diameter cannot be determined because bullet #5 penetrated entire length of 18 inch gelatin block, exited, and was not recovered. All recovered bullets remained intact.