Today is what I suspect will have to be the penultimate test.
After being melted and set over and over since July, the jelly seems to be deteriorating.
If I add enough water to bring it back to the original volume it’s too delicate to handle without damaging it and if I let it dehydrate enough to prevent that, it becomes too brittle.
It has become impossible to carve out a block containing the wound cavity, as before, as the block splits down the line of the bullet passage.
I tested the Hornady 62gn TAP at 200m and man, do they penetrate.
Luckily, I put my polycarbonate plate behind it, because it went right through the block and hit the poly hard enough to flatten out one side of the pill.
Thanks to those who voted, but I fear we have reached the jelly’s end of life.
Despite a liberal amount of clove oil in the mix and a regular wipe down with mold killer, the slime monsters have evolved immunity to my attempts and recolonised the surface and turned the top several millimetres to a quasi-liquid with the appearance and consistency of snot.
I had quite a session on the turps last night and nearly puked on it as I tried to wipe it off.
Added to that, the clouds and rain have finally been cleared, by a ridiculously strong wind blowing at a steady 40kph and gusting to 65.
Not conducive to testing a 40gn pill at 200m.
My morbid schoolboy curiosity has me wondering just how things would progress, snotcritter evolution wise, if I just cover it up, leave it somewhere warm, and let them develop.
I can envision time lapse video possibilities of epically gross proportions
Do a remake of “The Blob”, you’ll be right up there with all of the Hollywood elite who can’t seem to come up with any original movie ideas of their own nowadays.
You must be on his “mates” list. I’ve emailed him about 6.5mm stuff that he advertises, his reply was to back-order them through the website. Trouble is it won’t allow it.
Yeah, no worries. I’m not stressing about it. I was just keen to try them out for silhouette, I’ve still got a few hundred Lapua’s that I mostly use left.
Hey Team,
Where is @Gaznazdiak when I need him?
69 and 75’s are back and kicking goals, would love to get him to do more ballistic gel tests. Not sure how to get onto him. Drop me an email bud.
