.25 Ballistic test photos
Guys,
I tested a 9 ring slug and a Kodiak, firing into a 25 pound block of pottery clay from 10 yards away. The results were visually impressive to say the least. The 9 ring blew right through 8″ of clay and exited, creating a 1.5″ diameter tunnel.
Then I joined two hunks of clay to make a longer target and fired a Kodiak at it from the same distance. You can see that the Kodiak penetrated 12″ into the clay and created a gaping channel that was also 1.5 inches in diameter that I could stick my fingers into.
In a real world test, I fired a 7 ring slug at a wild rooster that was tearing up my yard, and the slug entered its back and exited half way down its leg, a complete pass through. Now I’m suspecting that wound channels like these would take down medium size prey like coyotes and hogs up to 75 pounds. What do you guys think, based on my photos?
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The clay is pretty hard and dense—-if you punched it, you would make an impression of the top of your fist—but I suspect it is more substantial than living tissue. Of course, with tissue you’d get a wound channel like that, but then it would close up again. Still, a hit like that in the lung area of a wild hog would be fatal.
Speed I can’t tell you, as I don’t have a chrony, but it is a 17″ barrel with an Extreme valve, 3,000 psi fill, 105 gram hammer.
That’s pretty cool! Are you able to repeat this with the same clay at say 75 yards? It would be neat to see the difference at longer ranges.
That looks like one of Tony’s valves…if it is a AAA .25 I’d guestimate the 9 rings at 700 to 740 fps.
how fast were they going, the kodiak and 9 ring, respectively? that is definitely some serious damage. also, how soft was the clay?
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Toss that block in the freezer for an hour, then it will stop the 9-ring.
Your clay is warm and soft. Great for simulation of a wound channel.
If you want to see a perfect mushroom, get the clay to about 35° F.
I did this maybe 3 years ago with the .22 setup. The clay was 1.5″ thick and up against a plywood sheet.
When I repeated this a few months later with the .25, most pellets went thru the clay and buried into the plywood.