Couple more pellet tests of non-PAL stuff, requested by Gipetto
Here is the test block of soap with a .22 cal Hobby fired backwards and forwards.... entering the block from the bottom....
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and here is the reversed Hobby recovered from the soap.... Impact velocity about 430 fps....
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Congratulations Al, that pellet has the distinction of being the only pellet I have shot at non-PAL velocities into melt-and-pour soap that showed any expansion.... and it turned inside out so completely it nearly blew a hole through the middle....
The other pellets, entering from the left, are a .22 cal JSB Express and a .30 cal JSB Exact, both impacting the block at about 470 fps.... The .30 cal has an SD about 64% greater.... and the penetration was about 55% greater.... pretty good agreement with theory.... It shocked me how close that .30 cal pellet came to blowing through that 3" of soap....
Bob