Part 2, 150gr Winchester Power Point 10% gel vs water in jugs testing, bullet overview
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- Опубликовано: 29 апр 2022
- Part 2, testing and showing the different effect water has on a bullet vs 10% ballistics gelatin, bullet overview.
I was playing around with some bullets the other day (my camera malfunctioned that day) where I was getting 100% failure to mushroom properly with some Cutting Edge bullets in gelatin yet was getting 100% successful when shot into water. So I decided to take some factory ammo I had on the shelf and see if I could show the difference in water vs 10% gelatin. Not as obvious of a difference with these yet still very noticeable differences.
Although the difference in retained weight was minimal you can definitely see the differences and know why water really isn't a good medium for testing bullets in regards to how a bullet will perform on game as water dose not compress. (I think most people know this already)
Water can be very deceiving especially at longer ranges making some bullets look like they would do good at that distance when in reality they won't.
Water bullet had a retained weight of 111.9 grains and the gelatin bullet was 108.8 grains for the Power Point bullets and 136.5 grains and 151.4 grains for the Cutting Edge bullets. 
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Excellent performance especially from a “budget” bullet. Before I handloaded, Winchester power points are what I took all my deer with. No complaints. Have had bad experiences with federal power shock and Remington corlokt in comparison.
For affordable basic softpoints Winchester power points and hornady interlocks are king.
Also cool to see gel vs water.
Good info. Looked like good performance from the ol' power point.
You didn't relay your thoughts on its performance.
The test itself was more showing that water has a different effect on a bullet then gelatin. The overall performance isn't bad they would be a good whitetail round.
Don't mind me, just feeding the algorithm.
Thanks
Excellent and informative. As always. Keep up the good work.
Great video
Thanks
These were the bullets with the large black plastic tips?
No, they're soft point
@@simplemindedfella Seem like pretty good performance, would you use them
@@jamesmooney5348 yes. I've taken whitetail with them and I have no complaints. Not a great distance round but definitely good to a few hundred yards.
Love the power point for deer here in Western Kentucky,,been shooting them for 25yrs,,some drop,,some run a little. ALWAYS a good blood trail though !!,,thanks for the video 👍
Very informative. Having shot a lot of bullets in water for work I always thought it was a denser material and would be tougher on bullets. We shot them almost point blank in a recovery tank. What are you thoughts on the 20% clear ballistics gelatine. Wouldn't it be very different too?
I haven't shot into 20% to compare. There are some videos on RUclips that I have watched and the permanent wound cavities are smaller and there is less penetration. There's not a huge difference between 10% and 20%.
Before I ever started testing bullets nearly 10 years ago I did my research and reached out to many of the well known bullet manufacturers to lean on their experience. They are the ones that said for the most accurate results I need to use 10% gelatin, 20% is a NATO thing that has nothing to do with hunting game animals, water alone isn't ideal because water doesn't compress.
Water can be good when testing overall integrity of a bullet bullet at high velocities. Some match bullets will show a more dramatic difference then the bullets in this video.
Great topic. Speaking of 10% ballistic gelatin, how similar would you say the damage in a properly calibrated gel block compares to what you would see inside of an animal? If a bullet makes a 6" diameter cavity in gel for example, would you see something similar in actual tissue?
It is actually a bit smaller, live tissue has a bit of an elasticity to it and doesn't tear quite as easily.
You ever shoot frozen milk jugs?
Yes. That can be quite fun.