Here are the recovered pellets from the soap tests above.... These are the only ones that showed any noticeable distortion or expansion.... All the others looked like they could literally be reused....



Top row, left to right:
JSB Predator Polymag - shed the tip when it expanded
H&N Crow Magnum - violent expansion
H&N Baracuda Hunter - violent expansion
H&N Baracuda Hunter Extreme- violent expansion

Bottom row, left to right:
Crosman Wadcutter - barely shortened, no noticable expansion
Gamo Match - some shortening and minimal expansion
RWS Hobby - lightest pellet, highest velocity, significantly shortened and a bit of expansion
RWS MeisterKugeln - some shortening and minimal expansion
RWS Super Hollow Point - shed the ring around the head, and the rear portion penetrated deeply

The wadcutters decelerated very rapidly, causing a larger entry wound, but penetration suffered.... good shocking power at close range....

These hollowpiont designs all did their job, and did it well.... The Crosman Premier Hollowpoint and the H&N Hollowpoint (both made of harder materials, with very small cavities) basically didn't expand or show a large entry wound.... ie at this velocity, they weren't working as intended....

Bob