40 Smith & Wesson Ballistic Testing

It has been a long time coming, but I finally got all the pictures taken for this Post.

Tom from Northfield Township did an outstanding job testing 16 different 40 S&W rounds for expansion and penetration. I will post them in the order that Tom ranked them for effectiveness.

Overall the rounds had good expansion in Tom’s Test media that replicates ballistic gelatin. However the first eight also continued to expand when contacting Tom’s simulated bone material. This could be important if you are in a defensive situation relying on maximum damage to center of mass for a quick stop.

I am also posting a summary table that you can download for comparison.

Link to Summary Table rev2

Thank You Tom from Northfield Township for all the work you do to make this valuable information available to TriggerTalk Radio’s listener and readers!

Boxes for brands and model tested

Visual summary of results

 

Barnes XPD Tissue

Barnes XPD

Barnes XPD Tissue and Bone

Harnady Zombie Max Tissue and Bone

Hornady Zombie Max Tissue

Hornady Zombie Max

Federal Hydra-Shok DEEP Tissue and Bone

Federal Hydra-Shok DEEP Tissue

Winchester Hydra-Shok DEEP

Remington Black Belt

Remington Black Belt Tissue

Remington Black Belt Tissue and Bone

Sig V-Crown

Sig V-Crown Tissue

Sig V-Crown Tissue and Bone

Winchester PDX1

Winchester PDX1 Tissue

Winchester PDX1 Tissue and Bone

Winchester SilverTip

Winchester SilverTip Tissue

Winchester SilverTip Tissue and Bone

Winchester SXZ

Winchester SXZ Tissue

Winchester SXZ Tissue and Bone

Browning BXP Tissue and Bone

Browning BXP Tissue

Browning BXP

Hornady Critical Duty Tissue

Hornady Critical Duty Tissue and Bone

Federal HST

Federal HST 180 gr. Tissue

Federal HST 180 gr. Tissue and Bone

Federal HST 165gr. Tissue and Bone

Federal HST 165 gr Tissue

Remington Ultimate Defense

Remington Ultimate Defense Tissue

Remington Ultimate Defense Tissue and Bone

Speer Gold Dot Tissue

Speer Gold Dot Tissue and Bone

Winchester Train & Defend

Winchester Train & Defend Tissue

Winchester Train & Defend Tissue and Bone

Winchester Ranger

Winchester Ranger Law Enforcement Tissue and Bone

Winchester Ranger Law Enforcement Tissue

Table of Statistics

Boxes for brands and model tested

Visual summary of results

Ballistic Test Results

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