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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 3053108" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>Yep.&nbsp; And here&#039;s the deal.&nbsp; They have advanced modern bonded bullets to the point of being at the end of the testing protocol&#039;s informational limits.&nbsp; That&#039;s why they all penetrate essentially the same depth.&nbsp; If you research the available data on the new Speer G2 Gold Dot loads they didn&#039;t really improve a damn thing as far as bullet performance goes.&nbsp; What they did do was make it more consistent through various barriers.&nbsp; I.E.&nbsp; similar expansion, depth and weight retention when fired through denim vs. wall board, vs. steel.&nbsp; They have those measured parameters a little closer than before.&nbsp; If you push them faster, they open up too much and fail the penetration portion, if you push them faster still they rip themselves apart (fragmentation).&nbsp; The test itself is at it&#039;s limit of usefulness and like I said before, the current testing methods don&#039;t really account for energy.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 3053108, member: 3099"] Yep. And here's the deal. They have advanced modern bonded bullets to the point of being at the end of the testing protocol's informational limits. That's why they all penetrate essentially the same depth. If you research the available data on the new Speer G2 Gold Dot loads they didn't really improve a damn thing as far as bullet performance goes. What they did do was make it more consistent through various barriers. I.E. similar expansion, depth and weight retention when fired through denim vs. wall board, vs. steel. They have those measured parameters a little closer than before. If you push them faster, they open up too much and fail the penetration portion, if you push them faster still they rip themselves apart (fragmentation). The test itself is at it's limit of usefulness and like I said before, the current testing methods don't really account for energy. [/QUOTE]

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