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kozak6 · January 13, 2011, 06:36 PM

http://www.brassfetcher.com/ is good for ballistic gelatin testing.

http://www.theboxotruth.com/ is good for penetration and urban legend testing.

Unjacketed lead bullets can make a real mess in the bore and spooky things can start to happen if they are driven at too high a velocity.

Copper jacketed lead bullets start to disintegrate in flight once you start to drive them around 4000 fps or so.

January 13, 2011, 06:36 PM	#3
kozak6 Senior Member Join Date: June 16, 2005 Location: AZ Posts: 3,113	http://www.brassfetcher.com/ is good for ballistic gelatin testing. http://www.theboxotruth.com/ is good for penetration and urban legend testing. Unjacketed lead bullets can make a real mess in the bore and spooky things can start to happen if they are driven at too high a velocity. Copper jacketed lead bullets start to disintegrate in flight once you start to drive them around 4000 fps or so.