135gr Hydra shok and 115gr Barnes tac-xp loading and velocity test

[Pctechdude]

Was able to do a little testing of these two bullets. I've been interested in seeing how well the Hydra shoks handle being driven faster.

The original 135gr round was fairly anemic. Last week I took a groundhog with one and it expanded well beyond what I thought it would. At that time I didn't get to chronograph them. Well today I had 3 rounds of the 135gr Hydra shok and 3 rounds of the 115gr Barnes tac-xp loaded up.

Sadly one round of the tac-xp didn't register on the chrono. All shots were fired from my 4.25" M&P 9mm.

135gr Hydra shok
5.8gr autocomp
FC Brass
FC small pistol primer
1.120" Oal

1156
1151
1161

Primers slightly flattened, still had some roundness to the edge of the primer. Using federal primers, I can't say this is indicative of any pressures.


115gr Barnes tac-xp
5.5gr CFE pistol
FC Brass
FC small pistol primer
1.127 Oak

Error
1267
1256

Primers about the same as the Hydra shok loads. Soft shooting, very manageable recoil. The original corbon dpx was listed at 1250 fps so this was a fairly good duplicate.

[The_Shadow]

Thanks Pctechdude for the data and results!   

[Pctechdude]

Thanks Pctechdude for the data and results!   

Welcome, hopefully soon I can get another clear ballistics gel block. My old one was no longer clear, more of murky water color so into the trash it went

With the 115gr Barnes tac-xp, I have used 5.3gr CFE pistol in my past endeavors with velocities around 1210 fps from a gen 4 Glock 19.

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