At that point, something that can’t be seen looking at the loaded cartridge comes into play. The wider post drives tissue fluids into the six “pockets” formed by the jacket’s skives in the bullet’s nose and causes rapid expansion when the bullet hits the target. Looking at a loaded cartridge reveals a new folded appearance in the hollow point opening, with six deep skives cutting into the jacket and a broader conical Hydra-Shok post in the center of the hollow-point cavity. A New Bulletįederal used a unique design on the new Hydra-Shok Deep bullet. It also provides a 70-percent better performance in the five FBI barrier tests. By designing Hydra-Shok Deep to penetrate 15 inches in bare gelatin, the new bullet gains a 50-percent improvement in minimum penetration over the old Hydra-Shok.

They went on to establish a maximum depth of 18 inches to help guard against collateral damage due to over penetration. This ensures that vital structures would be compromised enough to cause the likelihood of reasonably quick incapacitation. This incident, along with the fact that assailants rarely present predictable angles of fire during gunfights, the FBI determined that a bullet needs to penetrate at least 12 inches into tissue. Platt then went on to kill two FBI Agents, including Dove, and wound several others. However, it failed to penetrate far enough into his chest to reach his heart. In this incident, Special Agent Jerry Dove fired a 9mm bullet into the right arm of Michael Platt. The FBI developed its tests protocols after the April 11, 1986, shootout in Florida. Hydra-Shok Deep was designed to penetrate an average of 15 inches in bare 10-percent ballistic gelatin, which is midway in the 12 and 18 inches of desired penetration in the FBI tests. Now buyers have a choice between original Hydra-Shok and Hydra-Shok Deep ammunition, depending upon how they define their needs for penetration. This made it possible for Federal to re-design Hydra-Shok bullets to deliver even better penetration in the FBI tests. Second, in the 30 years since Hydra-Shok appeared, gelatin tests and field reports have expanded the general knowledge of the terminal performance of bullet metals. First, customers have increasingly desired rounds that score high in the FBI ballistic testing protocol. So why change it? The answer is both simple and two-fold. VIDEO: Federal Premium Debuts ‘Train + Protect’ HP Ammo

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