Does a short barrel .45 make sense

[RevolverRob]

I just finished testing some WWB 230gr JHP in Vyse gel. Four rounds in a full size 1911, two through heavy clothing and two in bare gel. I also shot two rounds with a 3-inch Defender in bare gel. While two rounds in bare gel isn't a large sample size it performed better then I thought it would from a 3-inch barrel.

https://general-cartridge.com/2020/0...allistics-gel/

I also did the same test with some Underwood 200gr +P bonded JHP (Gold Dot). In both Vyse organic gel as well as Clear gel.

https://general-cartridge.com/2020/0...allistics-gel/

The extra velocity and recoil and the +P didn't seem to help at all and limited penetration.

The WWB JHPs performed pretty well there from either gun.

When I was a poor boy (and nobody loved me), WWB JHPs in .45 were what I carried when I couldn’t find Gold Dots.

It’s not the bullet I’d pick over an HST/GD/Crit. D/Barnes but it would do in a pinch.

[corneileous]

I did a bunch of testing of 10mm, .45, .40, and 9mm for penetration in my Filed Load section. The 220gr will far out penetrate the Xtreme Penetrators. In fact the Xtreme Penetrators were the worst penetrating of all the loads tested.

https://general-cartridge.com/category/field-loads/

I’ll be darned. Well, I guess I know what to load my Sig up with the next time I go out in the woods...lol.


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