I was able to do some penetration testing over the weekend. I had two day old sheep skin and shoulders for testing media. The buzzards had already cleaned out all the internals. I finally caught one of these after doubling up the hide, from the back of the animal over the shoulders and putting 2 x 4’s underneath and a piece of sheet metal under the two by fours. Shown in the picture is the 2 x 4 with the 200 grain cast Lee boolit partially protruding and it dented the sheet metal against the ground.
Substantially more penetration than I expected for something in the 500 ft./s range!
Pretty neat!
looks like the performance in a rimless 38/200 from yesteryears.
There's been a few single shots on here done like that.
Looks like Remington factory lead loads from Great Grandpas old Remington derringer In the end grain of a oak log they would be just barely above flush.
I suspect it would have gone on into the dirt a good ways if the sheet metal wasn’t there. I didn’t dig enough to find any of the other ones.
I know it’s a small informal test, but it’s enough to convince me it’s a useful load for critters messing with the chickens, without making too much noise.
GONRA has another 9mm subsonic load for Barry54:
147 gn. .354 inch dia. Remington bullet, range brass,
Win. 1 1/2-108 primer, 4.2 gn. WW 231 powder., 1.118 inch OAL.
Outside, sounds like a woodpecker in a suppressed Vector UZI smg.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |