Hornady 9mm XTP ongoing experiments

[Waylander]

I loaded Hornady 124 grain XTP behind 6.8 grains of Accurate #7 with CCI 500 small pistol primers. This is about half way between the min and max load for this bullet.

The rounds were fired in a CZ P10C with a 4” barrel at 25 yards each through two 5 gallon buckets of water center mass and exited directly into the ground behind about 1-2”. The retained weights are 120.9 grains and 117.7 grains.

Sorry I don’t have a chronograph. In my next test I plan on adding layers of denim.

ETA:
I really started this thread as just experimenting and getting a few data points. I had some 124 and 147 XTPs lying around for nearly 10 years. I don’t intend for this to be proof of much of anything especially considering I don’t have ballistics gel or large cuts of meat.

I was a little impressed at a midrange load the bullets were able to penetrate water as far as they did and still expand well. I plan to tweak the charge a little and also add my 147 grain XTP to the mix.