[wild cat mccane]

The problem with higher velocity and the equation above is neither account for drag.

The rate of drag increase is 4x greater than velocity. Gold Dot 223 only goes 14" in gel. But it does it at 2700fps. Without the rifle damage effect at the TFL agreed upon min of 2,600fps, increased velocity creates drag significantly faster and provides no benefit. No rifle damage, increased drag, possible under penetration, and no documented real accounts on bullet failure.

Federal even shrugged its shoulders on lbs per square inch as meaningful and said on target results weren't translating.

It's bullet design. The two best expanders and almost best penetrators on luckygunner for 9mm were 150gr, 800fps 9mm "Micro" HST and 900fps Ranger. That's slow. HST 150gr was the 2nd slowest of all.