Here are some pictures of my own testing.
First is the test I did a few days ago,Heavy Clothing which consisted of a heavy tshirt with a heavy sherpa lined flannel shirt,covering cardboard half gallon milk jugs at 21 feet. Yes,I realize 10 ft is the FBI standard but I wanted to simulate a standardized "combat" distance.
Right is the 124 gr +p HST,Left is the 147 gr HST.Both of them penetrated 5 milk cartons and were stopped in the 6th.
Here are the same two rounds fired into cardboard milk cartons and water.
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Here is the comparison of the 124 gr +p straight water shot on the left compared to an earlier 4 layer denim test on the right,both shot at 10 feet.
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And here is the same comparison with the 147 gr,straight water filled cardboard milk cartons on the left vs 4 layer denim on the right.
Here is a 147 gr HST round fired through a dead coyote's chest area.
Here are some more 147 gr tests. Left and middle are 4 layer denim from two separate occasions, the right was recovered agter being shot through 3 jackrabbit chests stacked on top of each other.
As you can see,zero failures to expand when shot through various mediums,including different tissue density,depth,and bone structure. I have two instances of single shot drop on jackrabbits at 15 yds,with nice exit holes showing expansion, as well as a neck shot at 107 yds on another jackrabbit. This isn't to start a flame war,it's to simply show that they worked as advertised when shot through living things. I have both and feel comfortable carrying both,however my preference is the 147 since it's less recoiling and seems to be slightly more accurate.
All of this was done with Gen 5 Glock 17 with the factory 4.5" barrel.
@witchking777 thank you for all the work you put in to do the shoots and post results
You're quite welcome.Originally Posted by tlong17
124 gr +p HST shot through a jackrabbit chest into dirt.
Which gun?124 gr +p HST shot through a jackrabbit chest into dirt.
A lot of folks here carry short to very short barreled 9mm pistols and worry about the efficiency of HSTs in those small guns.
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