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- From: basiji@stein.u.washington.edu (David Basiji)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Nyclad expansion in water (was 9mm Nyclad HPs)
- Message-ID: <1k73svINNbmh@shelley.u.washington.edu>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 04:17:19 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: University of Washington
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- kdw@icd.ab.com (Kenneth D. Whitehead) writes:
-
- #Odd result. I tried the same test with 125 gr. Nyclads in .38 Sp. fired
- #into milk jugs (1 gallon, I think). The slug delivered enough shock to the
- #first jug that it ruptured the sides of the jug. The second jug was
- #penetrated completely, but no explosive effect. The bullet came to rest in
- #the third jug in line, perfectly expanded. I then did the same test
- #with a 154 gr. "range round" reload wadcutter - it blew the smithereens out
- #of all three jugs and kept on going. Even though the Nyclad worked as
- #advertised, the shock and penetration of the round (at least in 125 gr.)
- #was so wimpy that we decided to get some factory 154 gr. wadcutters
- #as a defense round.
-
- Well, the shock delivered by the wadcutter may have been higher, but
- a human torso is highly inhomogeneous and probably won't respond nearly
- the same way as a milk jug. Keep in mind that the Nyclad transferred _all_
- of its energy to the milkjugs while the wadcutter transferred most of its
- energy to the backstop.
-
- David Basiji
- UW Bioengineering
- NeRD #3762
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