Wet Phone Book test

[all torque]

Well I did a wet phone book test today and this is how it went. I know all the internet experts are gonna flame this post cause it has no scientific value and yada yada yada... I was bored and curious and had alot of fun.

This is the first 3 shots of 9mm. Left is Winchester's PDX 124gr +P, to the right is Federal's 124gr Hydra Shock and just under it was Federal 115gr FMJ.
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Left is the PDX exit wound and the right is the Hydra Shock. About 1 inch of the top on Hydra Shock can be attributed to the FMJ, sorry but it didn't occur to me that taking a picture before the 3rd shot would have been a good idea.
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Far left is the PDX 230gr .45 cal, below that is Golden Saber's 185gr .45 cal.
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Bottom far left is PDX 45 exit wound and top left is Golden Saber 45.
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Top center is some Remington .223 55gr stuff I had sitting around.
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All shots were made at about 15 yards and were hollow point, minus the FMJ(duh) and the .223.

[all torque]

This is what the 7.62 did to it. Wish I would have taken some slugs for the 12gauge.
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[Exile Machine]

Best use of a phone book I've seen in years. I can't believe they still print those things.
-Mark

[shooterdude]

If your are ever attacked by wet phonebooks you KNOW that you can take them out LOL!

[m98]

Best use of a phone book I've seen in years. I can't believe they still print those things.
-Mark

Why not? We're paying for it. It's not like they're pulling cash outta their pockets.

[all torque]

This was a poor mans version of the ballistic gellatin test I was really surprised to see such a difference in the exit wounds. I know it wasn't consistent but all entry wounds were at different points as well as exit wounds. I can't wait til the new phone book gets here.

[fennecfrank]

great job! I've always want to try it.

take a look at an old thread:

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=389124

[CrazyJeep]

Best use of a phone book I've seen in years. I can't believe they still print those things.
-Mark

Because it keeps people like me employed so we can buy things that ultimately keep people like you in business. There are other markets in the U.S. that the phone book is still in strong demand. Sorry for the rant. I've always wanted to try this experiment but I just don't have the time.

[all torque]

great job! I've always want to try it.

take a look at an old thread:

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...d.php?t=389124

This is where my idea came from. I wanted to try my calibers to see how they would stack up, unfortunately I only had 1 phone book to test it on.

[fennecfrank]

This is where my idea came from. I wanted to try my calibers to see how they would stack up, unfortunately I only had 1 phone book to test it on.

Don't know where you live. If you are in LA County, the Asian supermarkets have tons of free yellow pages in their languages. You can grab as many as you want.

[Speedpower]

Phone book is my best target back stop, I normally put 5 together tightly in a box then use it as a back stop for my target

[ICONIC]

Poor phone book

[fuenstock]

Were you able to recover any of the bullets? Nice testing pictures.

[ns3v3n]

Kind of reminds me of that episode of Mythbusters where they bullet proof a car with phone books LOL. Great episode, Thanks for the pic op.

[all torque]

I wasn't able to recover any of the bullets, they went straight through. I had a 2 foot log as the backstop, couldn't pull them out.