Today, we are going to shoot some Jacketed Hollow Point ammo into some water jugs with cloth in front, to continue some research we started in the "Rags O' Truth". We will then see if various types of ammo expand as designed.

Following some suggestions, this time we will have the clothing right up against the first jug, to better simulate the way clothing is worn.

GaryM, and Dragracer_Art both were kind enough to send me some ammo to test, and that's what we will be shooting today.

This is a picture to show how much trouble it is hauling all this stuff to the range

First, just as a matter of my curiosity, I shot a .22 LR cartridge into the box.

It is a .22 LR Mini-Mag HP.

It went through the clothing and penetrated 3 jugs.

Each jug is 6 inches thick, so that was 18 inches of water.

This picture shows the round, slightly expanded.

DocGKR, a recognized expert, told me, "Be aware that water generally reveals the maximum upset which can occur to a projectile in soft tissue -your actual result in living tissue may be somewhat less. You can also use the water testing to get a rough estimate of bullet penetration depth in soft tissue--bullets penetrate approximately 1.6 to 2 times as much in water as in soft tissue".

So, we'll look at penetration using those standards.

Next, a Winchester 115 gr JHP, White Box.

It costs less than top quality ammo, but does it work?

Here I am, shooting it out of my Springfield XD.

If you look closely, you will see 4 jug caps all in the air at the same time.

It expanded pretty nicely, and penetrated 4 jugs.