While at the little range today I managed to include some very limited hollowpoint expansion tests with a newspaper wet pack.

Picture included. These results are by no means conclusive and I'll do more later. But the numbers were not what I expected and contradict what we've heard from the mighty Marshall. The Speer GoldDots were pitiful and the Silvertips, surprise, did well. Numbers are:

Speer JHP failed to expand 3 times out of five and 1 of the five was only partial. The 2 that expanded penetrated 6" in the pack. The non-expanders went 9 - 12". Best exp. 0.468"

Silvertip JHP failed only 1 time out of 5 and the 1 was partial. Expanded ones penetrated 6 - 8". The partial went 9". One round not recovered went out side of pack at 8" after leaving a tremendous 'wound' hole, so assumed it expanded (poor aim).

Expansions were 0.468", 0.500", 0.500"

Both Speer and UMC FMJ rounds penetrated 10 -13" into the pack.

No FTE's with the Winchesters like the last time since the pistol was good and clean when they were fired and chamber was still smooth. So this changes what I think about Silvertips!!

og (ps. all the JHP's had wet paper pluggage that was cleaned for the photo.)