Penetration and Expansion Testing

[Bullit]

Bob,   I just spent the half hour reading thru this thread, and buddy you have sure put some great info out for everyone.  THANK YOU!
I'm gonna have to sit down and go back thru it again closely, to appreciate it more.   I think we all can examine and relate to the good information, based on our own FPE and Caliber rifle.
 THANKS AGAIN!

[john 622]

Incredible amount of very useful information here bob. Very impressive indeed. My hats is off to you sir. I have been picking over the data for over an hour so far. The time, effort, you spent is outstanding. I will try my best to put as much of it to use as i can, Thank You !!

[rsterne]

As long as you guys remember that the data is only valid for the FPE stated, and you must use the impact energy, not the muzzle energy, I think you'll find it valuable.... Once you move out to some distance from the muzzle, you have to remember that round nosed pellets will retain more of their initial energy than others, because of their superior Ballistics Coefficient....

Bob

[BenjiHunter]

Have you ever tried Norica Killers?

[SpringerForever]

I just got back into airgunning ~2 months ago & joined GTA <1 month ago.

Kinda belated, but a big THANK YOU for all the time & effort that went into producing this post. Absolutely fantastic! And, so coincidentally very topical for me.

I've been going thru pellets in .22 & .25 caliber trying to find the best combination of accuracy & expansion or penetration & this post goes a long way toward helping me settle on just a few pellets per caliber to use. Thanks to your testing I've pretty much settled on the JSB Exact Heavy @ 18.13gr & the H&N Baracuda Hunter/Beeman Kodiak HP @ 18.21gr in .22 caliber. As for .25 caliber? I'll use my .22 caliber selection as a starting point for those as well.

Thanks again!

[Tater]

Incredible amount of very useful information here bob. Very impressive indeed. My hats is off to you sir. I have been picking over the data for over an hour so far. The time, effort, you spent is outstanding. I will try my best to put as much of it to use as i can, Thank You !!

x2  Thanks Bob.

[Gertrude]

I really do think that the information here is useful and valuable.
not to mention the amount of effort Bob put into it for the benefit of the membership here.
It's a shame that it falls off of the radar and into the abyss of older threads.

I would love to see this made into a sticky, so that it is easier to find for future reference.
Can I get a "second" on that ?

Thanks Bob for all that you do to promote this forum, and the help and education you always provide to us.

[BenjiHunter]

I really do think that the information here is useful and valuable.
not to mention the amount of effort Bob put into it for the benefit of the membership here.
It's a shame that it falls off of the radar and into the abyss of older threads.

I would love to see this made into a sticky, so that it is easier to find for future reference.
Can I get a "second" on that ?

Thanks Bob for all that you do to promote this forum, and the help and education you always provide to us.

I agree, that a very good idea.