Today, three different bullets were shot through carpet, shelving, and water jugs. She found these material in her junk. Carpet was attached to the fabric wrapped shelving with spray adhesive, and they were placed in front of the water jugs before shooting.
















First up was the 250g XTP. Previously this bullet was shot through the jugs without carpet/plywood. Today the bullet went through all five jugs, and never was found. Today, 0.1 second after impact is shown in the following photo.










The next bullet tried was the Lehigh 245g CF bullet. This bullet also was previously shot through water jugs without carpet/plywood. 0.1 second after impact today, is what the photo show.












The bullet was found in the last jug.













Two petals were found in the second jug.






















Last, the Barnes 250g TEZ was shot. Today, the bullet went through all jugs, and was never found. This bullet was also shot through five jugs without carpet/plywood; the result today, after 0.1 second is shown in the photo following.

















The Lehigh 245g CF seemed to perform about the same in the jugs with the carpet/shelving in front, as it did without; whereas the other two bullets were very much affected by the carpet/shelving being in place. The Lehigh bullet exploded the first jug; the other two bullets didn't. The Lehigh blasted water out and away, whereas the other bullets had a much smaller effect.

Thanks Ron, the petals are what makes this bullet special from all the rest. I just don't know how to explain or supply any data of those petals to prove it.

Maybe a link to all the Lehigh videos will help

Grouse, while I aint the sharpest tool in the shed, I aint the dullest. I'll try taking a crack at how and why they work well.

You have forward velocity accompanied by rotational velocity. When the whole system impacts the petals are designed to open, penetrate till a certain amount of force is achieved against the pre- stressed petals, then break off. The rotational velocity achieved from your rifling adds to the velocity of separation of the petals maximizing damage. The solid core then goes on through, breaking bone and whatever else is in it's path and passing through the other side for 2 holes. That core also looks like the edges where the petals break off are a bit on the sharp side as well.

I would imagine this would be a fairly hard system to come up with for various game. Being that all big game are of different hide thickness and bone structure so calculating the precise depth to stress the petals to maximize penetration before separation to cause the most damage would be difficult at best.

Sounds pretty good to me. Keep in mind, the petals dont shear until they hit a liquid. So it's going threw all hides before they start to shear

Hmmmm so they are dependent upon Hydraulic dynamics? I'll have to think on that for a bit and maybe brush up on my physics a tiny bit to figure out how that would work. Maybe the resistant pressure placed on the OUTSIDE of the bullet while passing through a solid material then when it enters a fluidic region the fluid enters into the hollow point and creates the needed force through hydraulics to open and separate the petals. Okay damnit now my head hurts! And it suddenly got smokey in here!

Lol, don't think to much!!

Ron,
Would you mind testing the new XP bullet? I'm not sure what to think of the new design, but I think your test would show something. I'll send you bullets and sabots to try it if you will.

No problem for me to test them, if you send some. Have no opinion of the bullet, because we are required by regulation to use 'soft point' bullet.

Would have liked to have seen the other two bullets recovered....