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    Did some expansion testing today on the 45-60

    This is my bullet baffle box
    12mm MDF with 25mm gaps
    A pretty brutal test medium but good to test two different bullets with



    The solid nose 360 grain went through 10 baffles
    The Hollow point 340 went through 9 baffles
    The hole size was identical through the first few baffles and then the Hollow point left a bigger hole

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    The Hollow point is shorter and fatter

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