Hey everyone,
I got out for the first time today to give that ammo a try. Because our property is still a mess with snow and ice, I decided to just start out with a limited experiement.
Hard to determine exactly what it means, but here were the results:
Firing into a bucket with 12" of sand. Using the R9, Gold Dots and Winchester Personal Protection (both 115 grain) ammo both performed as expected, mushrooming very well and penetrating 3 - 4 inches. 115 grain WWB penetrated 6 - 7 inches, becoming blunted but basically maintaining shape. The 90 grain Speer Frangible was noticeably crisper out of the guns, penetrated to 10 - 11 inches, and showed little or no change to shape. Yeah - the 'frangible' maintained the best structural integrity.
Did the same series using my Steyr S9, same ammo (except the Gold Dots were 124 grain +P, which went a little deeper), got exactly the same results.
Now, I only fired a few rounds of each ammo from each gun, so clearly, more experimentation with the new ammo is called for. But my preliminary conclusion is that the frangible is a hotter, faster bullet with much better penetration, at least when shooting into sand.
What does it mean? I dunno - I welcome thoughts on the matter.
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