Pellet testing

For the odd bent skirt I use a dummmy 308 round with 130g speer hollow point projectile, which is perfect for pushing the skirt back into shape. Quick & simple.

Edited by flock - 20 Apr 2024 at 5:36pm

So in the interest of getting the most out of me old work boots, decided to shoot them to see what differnt pellets did out of same gun at 10 pumps @20m.
Not overly exciting, penitration through leather, but that was it didn't make it through thin layer of foam or gortex lining.
Pellet damage minimal with both the AA 16gr and h&n fft showing no ill effect and would have been reshootable.
You can see the AA still in the leather on your right .
Hades suffered enough skirt damage to not be usable again, and very slight head damage. But.....


Due to the fact skin isn't dry I decided to soak the Tounge in water for 10min and see what happened. Hoping the hydrostatic shock of water in the leather would open the pellets up.
The resault

NOT ONE PELLET PENITRATED the leather.
Go figure. Definitely didn't think that would happen.
The gun is putting out around (slightly over or under) 7fpe with hades 15.89gr at muzzle, last time I did a reading on it.


Edited by kruzaroad - 30 Jul 2024 at 6:46pm

   That will be the refrance to the formidable protection label. What ever the rubber it is on laughed at pellets. Bounced off that part without hardly leaving a mark.
Looking at the pic it's only a very shallow layer that's wet too.

Wonder if I x4 cut from the neck of the skirt, up the back part of head to just below widest part of head if it would allow the front of the head to compress the under side and give better expansion.
Maybe tommorow

More so when wet.
Doesn't tear as much with just a mil or so of leather wet.
I'd be rather interested to see what it would do on a fresh hide, at full thickness.
You work skins bb, what do you think a pellet would pierce better?
Thinned, worked boot leather or fresh hide of a deer?