Is Hornady 175 Gr 10mm CRITICAL DUTY Any Good?

Hornady's 10mm 175 grain Critical Duty FTX gets thrown under the bus in our exclusive gel test. Watch before you carry this load.
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[@moshedayan9049]

Thank you

[@locacarnivore900]

You're welcome, and thank you for watching.

[@Mbartel500]

Just a thought....you could also place a 1/4' thick medium density fiber board or 1/4" plywood in front of the large gel block, to simulate a rib strike. The upper torso contains a lot of bones, like arm bones, ribs, sternum, shoulder bones, and more. A torso hit from any angle is very likely to strike a bone before hitting a vital organ.

[@locacarnivore900]

Good suggestion. I've struggled with how to simulate bone in these tests. Unfortunately, the engineer and physiologists I've spoken with say there is no proper substitute for live bone. Thus, if I can't find a reliable enough analogue, I won't try to simulate it.

[@Mbartel500]

@locacarnivore900 well if you really feel that way, then you should stop using gel blocks, because they are NOT anything like real living tissue. Gel and bone simulations are not meant to depict real tissue. They are used to provide a consistant and repeatable way to measure how bullets perform compared to each other. Not using any bone simulation is worse than using a reasonably hard one. A bullet that penetrates 16" of gel will not penetrate 16" of living tissue. Living tissue contains blood, skin, bones, cartiledge, organs, collagen, muscles, tendons, and ligaments. None of which is accurately represented by gel.

[@williamray3101]

I got 135 grain.critical duty in my full size 9.😊

[@locacarnivore900]

That's a good load. We plan to test it in the future, so stay tuned.

[@7N6ballistics]

So…made up standards with no understanding of what the original standards represent. Who is “We” by the way? This is a pretty ridiculous test with no actual understanding of what it is supposedly trying to represent. I get trying to be different, but yeah…whoever “we” is/are missed the mark.