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<blockquote data-quote="poopgiggle" data-source="post: 1251550" data-attributes="member: 6406">Define what you mean by &quot;work.&quot; If they just feed reliably, then that&#039;s great but the important part of the equation is what happens downrange*. If you mean you&#039;ve done a full battery of ballistics gel testing according to FBI specs, then I&#039;m wondering how you&#039;re getting such different results from everyone else.Hydrashoks were probably the best design out there until the early 90s, but by modern standards they don&#039;t handle heavy clothing well at all; they&#039;re also pretty poor performers when they go through barriers like windshields, but that&#039;s admittedly not a huge deal if you&#039;re not a cop.*edited to add: this isn&#039;t meant to imply that reliable feeding isn&#039;t really really important, just that there are a bevy of better projectiles out there that probably feed just as well.Also the really sad thing about Hydrashoks is that Federal charges so damn much for them still, especially because I consistently see their HST line (which performs very well by modern standards according to tests I&#039;ve seen) selling for something like 75% of the price. Hydrashoks just have great brand recognition, so people are still willing to pay lots for them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="poopgiggle, post: 1251550, member: 6406"] Define what you mean by "work." If they just feed reliably, then that's great but the important part of the equation is what happens downrange*. If you mean you've done a full battery of ballistics gel testing according to FBI specs, then I'm wondering how you're getting such different results from everyone else. Hydrashoks were probably the best design out there until the early 90s, but by modern standards they don't handle heavy clothing well at all; they're also pretty poor performers when they go through barriers like windshields, but that's admittedly not a huge deal if you're not a cop. *edited to add: this isn't meant to imply that reliable feeding isn't really really important, just that there are a bevy of better projectiles out there that probably feed just as well. Also the really sad thing about Hydrashoks is that Federal charges so damn much for them still, especially because I consistently see their HST line (which performs very well by modern standards according to tests I've seen) selling for something like 75% of the price. Hydrashoks just have great brand recognition, so people are still willing to pay lots for them. [/QUOTE]

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