Loads from YouTube only after you press play9mm vs .45 ACP in Calibrated Gel: The Data Doesn't Care
Key points: 9mm vs 45 ACP
- All ten loads tested through bare gel and four-layer denim
- Gel calibrated on camera with BB velocity verification each block
- Modern 9mm expansion overlaps the .45 envelope almost completely
- Penetration spread was wider between loads than between calibers
- Full data table released as a PDF in the description
About this Ballistics Focu video
The oldest argument in handgunning meets FBI-protocol testing: properly calibrated 10% ordnance gel, four-layer denim, chronograph at the muzzle and at the block. Terminal Velocity Labs runs five premium defensive loads in each caliber and publishes every penetration depth, expansion diameter, and retained weight. Bring your favorite caliber; leave with the numbers.
Transcript: 9mm vs 45
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Every test in this video happens under the same protocol, and the protocol is the point. This is ten percent ordnance gelatin, stored at thirty-nine degrees, calibrated with a steel BB at five-ninety plus or minus fifteen feet per second immediately before each string. If the calibration shot fails, the block gets remade — you'll see one fail today, because I don't cut that part out. We are measuring three things and only three things: penetration depth, maximum expanded diameter, and retained weight... […]
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