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The Most Effective Hunting Load I Have Ever Shot
Before I begin this post I want to give a shout out to the CalGun users ely and bigbearbear. Bigbearbear requested this test and ely went out of his way to donate the ammo for testing. Thanks again guys!
The Hexolit 32
The Hexolit 32 is a hunting shotgun load that was developed by DDupleks. It is a big game hunting load that features a steel fragmenting slug. The Hexolit design has six steel petals that expand and fragment into your target. The petals spread throughout the target creating a "cone of destruction".
Testing Setup
We fired the Hexolit 32 out of a Remington 870. We fired the shell into a synthetic ballistic gelatin from clearballistics.com. The block was calibrated to meet FBI specifications, and we monitored the projectile's velocity with an F1 Chrony chronograph.
Results
The results were quite interesting. The DDupleks Hexolit 32 Hunting Shotgun Load left the barrel of the Remington 870 at 1376 feet per second. This high velocity made the temporary stretch cavity roughly 9-10 inches. At the 1 inch mark the DDupleks Hexolit 32 began its expansion. By the 2 inch mark the six petals had all separated from the main slug. At the 2 inch mark the permanent cavity was roughly 4 inches in diameter. From there on the petals continued along their own paths in a conical fashion.
The high speed revealed that all but one petal exited the block. All petals retained their shape, and spun inside the block creating cavities that ranged from 0.25 inches to 1 inch. By the 10 inch mark the petals had stopped inside of the gelatin, either due to exiting the block or lack of energy, while the steel base slug continued on. At the 15 1/2 inch mark the wadding was found lodged inside of the block. This has been our farthest penetrating wadding to date. The rest of the slug continued out of the back of the 16 inch block creating a sizable 0.5-1 inch cavity as it went.
Overall the DDupleks Hexolit 32 performed just as advertised. Any soft body target would have faced immense power as they were stuck by the Hexolit 32, and survival would seem unlikely. The steel petals proved large enough to increase the damage considerably, and would have increased blood loss tremendously. The petals' steel construction also ensures that your meat will not be contaminated by lead particles. The main steel slug punched a clean hole through the target which would have ensured maximum tissue damage. I would not only recommend this ammunition for hunting, but also for self defense use.
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