🚀 go-pugleaf

kdw@icd.ab.com (Kenneth D. Whitehead) writes:

#Odd result.  I tried the same test with 125 gr. Nyclads in .38 Sp. fired 
#into milk jugs (1 gallon, I think).  The slug delivered enough shock to the 
#first jug that it ruptured the sides of the jug.  The second jug was
#penetrated completely, but no explosive effect.  The bullet came to rest in
#the third jug in line, perfectly expanded.  I then did the same test
#with a 154 gr. "range round" reload wadcutter - it blew the smithereens out 
#of all three jugs and kept on going.  Even though the Nyclad worked as
#advertised, the shock and penetration of the round (at least in 125 gr.)
#was so wimpy that we decided to get some factory 154 gr. wadcutters
#as a defense round.

Well, the shock delivered by the wadcutter may have been higher, but
a human torso is highly inhomogeneous and probably won't respond nearly
the same way as a milk jug. Keep in mind that the Nyclad transferred _all_
of its energy to the milkjugs while the wadcutter transferred most of its
energy to the backstop. 

David Basiji
UW Bioengineering
NeRD #3762