Water Jug test 6.5 Creedmoor

[AlbertaJohn]

Yeah I'm to cheap to buy some of those gel blocks so I used washer fluid jugs filled with water.
I tried two types of 6.5 cm ammo, first was 130 gr Terminal Ascent and the second was 120gr ttsx. Both slugs were captured in the 5th jug.
But the T/A's did split the 6th one but stayed in the 5th. Both mushroomed perfectly and I was kinda surprised that no petals broke off the ttsx, it held together pretty darn good, so did the TA's.
The TA's had a larger frontal diameter than the ttsx as you can see in the pics and I think I'll use the T/A's for hunting.
Still need to save up a few more jugs because I want to test Norma Oryx 156gr and Federal Fusion 140gr.
I'm not good at making long posts so here's some pics.




And yes I did clean up my mess.

 

[LittleBoyLefty]

Cool. Did you weigh the bullets?

 

[AlbertaJohn]

Cool. Did you weigh the bullets?

No I don't have a scale for that but I did measure the diameter and the ttsx expanded to .5 inch and the T/A expanded to .625 inch.

 

[WhelanLad]

Please test the Oryx ! An fusion for that matter. Both bonded ay!?

Thanks for posting your results.... The TA , it's a bonded bullet by the looks? Not familiar with it

 

[AlbertaJohn]

Please test the Oryx ! An fusion for that matter. Both bonded ay!?

Thanks for posting your results.... The TA , it's a bonded bullet by the looks? Not familiar with it

Yeah the front of the TA is bonded but the backend is solid copper which drives the front end home.

 

[TheMinusHuman]

I lile this post! How far away were you when ypu made the shot? Would love to seethe results of more projectiles.

 

[AlbertaJohn]

I lile this post! How far away were you when ypu made the shot? Would love to seethe results of more projectiles.

I wasn't that far maybe 40-50 yards.

 

[Hollow Point]

Cool. I'd like to see the sako 156 gr vs the norma 156 gr. do you have a chrony to get velocities?

 

[AlbertaJohn]

Cool. I'd like to see the sako 156 gr vs the norma 156 gr. do you have a chrony to get velocities?

No cause I'm poor.

 

[Hollow Point]

I know the feeling. that's why I wanted you to do it and not me.

 

[Hmatt]

Cool. I'd like to see the sako 156 gr vs the norma 156 gr. do you have a chrony to get velocities?

I would also like to see this as I have a box of each in the pile haha.

 

[track]

I'm cheaper than you OP, I don't use gel blocks or plastic jugs; I test my bullets on big game.

 

[AlbertaJohn]

I'm cheaper than you OP, I don't use gel blocks or plastic jugs; I test my bullets on big game.

That's the best test of all and I hope to do it this fall.

 

[DiMP]

I loaded some 44 magnums and shot at 4 water jugs a few weeks ago trying to test expansion of the bullet.... all jugs split and destroyed and couldn't locate the bullet. I assume the milk jugs are too thin plastic and split too easy. I'm continuing to save some milk jugs in the shed to try again since we empty a milk jug every few days compared to washer fluid jugs every few months

 

[Thunderhog]

Thanks Alberta John for the report and the awesome pictures!

Very cool indeed!

 

[LUCK12]

Don't remember where I noted this recipe for ballistic gel , 1 lb. of gelatin and 9 lb. of water. Might be worth a try

 

[remington jim]

No I don't have a scale for that but I did measure the diameter and the ttsx expanded to .5 inch and the T/A expanded to .625 inch.

Great job on the bullet test AJ Thank You ! Hey u can use your powder scale to weight the bullets

 

[BigBraz15]

Personally that TSX looks like it expanded okay, but seems that it could be iffy at distance once the speed drops off. I’d vote for the terminal ascent also.

 

[kevin g]

Great post...LOVE IT ! Great performance on both, but I like the "shroom" on the bonded bullet much better !!

That's something we always did back in the early days of bullet testing...water jugs, wet phone books or wet acoustic ceiling tiles for backers.
Nuthin in them days out performed the Nosler partitions for us ! That was pre-copper days as well.