Bullet proof freezer door?

After overdriving the Lyman RN and SWC Pentas in the HP Test Tube Test 6, I am looking to increase BHN of the cast so that the HP does not over-expand or fragment. I want to drive it hard at 960fps+ and get maximum penetration in the gel testing. Here I am exploring a binary […]

ARX Inceptor performance test

Testing the Norma 9mm rounds in denim. Will they expand?

Today we find the ‘lower speed limit’ that defines one side of the ‘window of expansion’…a term I’ve coined to describe the upper and lower ‘speed limits’ for any particular Hollow Point design and the bullet metal used. CharlieBrassStufferBorn in 1950…HS grad, some college, no degrees, served in the US Marine Corps, educated there by […]

This is the next profile for the ‘HP Test Tube Series’ a four sided cavity… CharlieBrassStufferBorn in 1950…HS grad, some college, no degrees, served in the US Marine Corps, educated there by the Navy in Electronics. Worked as an Electrician all my life and Contracted Heavy Industrial Control & Power Distribution for 20 years before […]

Is .40S&W really that much less than 10mm? Would either be a good woods defense firearm? Let’s find out! Alaskan BallisticsI’m just a regular guy who likes guns, hunting, and ballistics.

Doing some testing with the 550 and the 525 Soft lead bullets in ballistic material at +2000 FPS and also water jugs Leverguns 50Most of our videos are about lever action rifles and other cowboy guns, including carbine and shotguns, sixguns, black powder, hunting, outdoors, and primitive skills.

If I could back up before I started this ‘T2’ project and start over…well….I would not. Like I said earlier, ‘fails’ bring you information that is and will be critical to your success. “Embrace your ‘fails’, learn from them…” CharlieBrassStufferBorn in 1950…HS grad, some college, no degrees, served in the US Marine Corps, educated there […]

This is the last piece of the puzzle to come together, selecting the moulds to start out with… Don’t be alarmed if you don’t see something you wanted here, there’s a lot of ground to cover and a lot of different styles of HP moulds to use in the future test. CharlieBrassStufferBorn in 1950…HS grad, […]

A random test of a couple HP’s I had in stock. A practice run to get the testing and documentation down, also to try running the Chrony in front of the Test Tube for accurate speeds of each HP tested. The video is on the long side but there’s information I discuss here that is […]

The final fill and actual first test of a cast HP. It’s been a fun build…this summer we will see a lot of this test tube jig and also see some very interesting discoveries about casting and loading various Hollow Point Cast Projectiles. CharlieBrassStufferBorn in 1950…HS grad, some college, no degrees, served in the US […]

This is a test tube for testing cast HP projectiles. For years I’ve used a much smaller test pipe, a 10 foot 4″ PVC conduit and it’s been difficult in many aspects…now we build a test tube we can work with much easier. CharlieBrassStufferBorn in 1950…HS grad, some college, no degrees, served in the US […]

Doing a Little Ballistics Testing with the Chronograph and Redneck penetration tests shooting the Desert Eagle .44 Magnum L6 with Underwood 180gr JHP and Underwood Xtreme Penetrators. Alaskan BallisticsI’m just a regular guy who likes guns, hunting, and ballistics.

This is an educational video that I made about ricochets and spalling and the science behind these phenomena. TheIdahoanShowIdaho was one of the last continental US states to be settled and, more so than some parts of the US, the culture of Idaho still retains a frontier spirit of self-reliance.  As host of TheIdahoanShow on […]

Everyone says 10mm and .357 Magnum are equal. Is that True? Let’s find out as we shoot the Glock 40mos vs. the Ruger 6″ GP100 with Underwood Hardcast bear loads! Alaskan BallisticsI’m just a regular guy who likes guns, hunting, and ballistics.

350 gr Cutting Edge Raptor in the 50-110 WCF at 2460 fps, 4712 ft lbs of energy. Leverguns 50Most of our videos are about lever action rifles and other cowboy guns, including carbine and shotguns, sixguns, black powder, hunting, outdoors, and primitive skills.

Shooting the 6″ Ruger GP100 .357 Magnum over the chronograph with Hornady 125gr American Gunner XTP. Alaskan BallisticsI’m just a regular guy who likes guns, hunting, and ballistics.

This is the first time, to my knowledge…that a Chronograph has ever been used to clock the speed of a cast Hollow Point ‘EXITING’ a jug of water after expansion. The projectile entered the jug at 908 Feet Per Second and exited at 450 FPS. Now that may not seem significant to many of you […]

This video shows the results of testing 3 rifles, to determine their penetration capabilities. Looks like the single-shot “buffalo rifle” distinguishes itself! The Way to Native ChroniclesYou could say I’m a Christian of Calvinist bent, and not a crowd-follower.

I was able to score some 130gr Federal HST Wadcutters used in Federal Micro HST 38 Special +P self defense ammo. I have tested the 38 Special +P and it performs really well in Clear Ballistics gel. My curiosity lead me to perform this test with 357 Magnum as there is very little data available […]

If you recall my last article, I had too much expansion of a HP due to the softness, due to the low BHN of the boolit metal I used. The Penta over-expanded and came right to the edge of losing its weight from the soft lead shearing off the edges of the mushroom. This reminded […]

Using 22 short hollowpoint varmint 27 grain copper plated hollowpoint at at 100 yards to see how many milk jugs it takes to stop it Leverguns 50Most of our videos are about lever action rifles and other cowboy guns, including carbine and shotguns, sixguns, black powder, hunting, outdoors, and primitive skills.

About Today’s Volunteers . . . Pictured above are todays test subjects, the .45ACP stuffed with a 212 grain Poly Coated Penta Hollow Point. Cases loaded with CCI-LPP’s and charged with 4.9 grains of TiteGroup. In the Chrono test they averaged 891 FPS and had respectable ES and SD numbers as you will see later […]