Would You Trust This Varmint Ammo For Defense? Nosler .300 AAC 110gr Varmaggedon Gel Test

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We shoot Nosler .300 AAC Blackout 110gr Varmaggedon ammunition from an 8″ AR15.com AR upper with a 1:7″ twist barrel into Clearballistics ballistic gel to measure velocity, penetration, expansion/fragmentation, and retained weight.

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Velocities in fps:
1,957
1,981
1,978
1,903
1,974
Average: 1,958.60
StdDev: 32.44
Min: 1,903
Max: 1,981
Spread: 78

Penetration: 12.2″
Retained weight: 70.1gr
Neck: 1.5″
TSC: 7″ x 3.5″
Max expansion: 0.850″
Min expansion: 0.502″

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Andrew is a combat veteran of OEF and has performed hundreds of ballistic tests for his YouTube channel, The Chopping Block (https://www.youtube.com/user/chopinbloc). He is an avid firearm collector and competitor and lives with his family in Arizona. If you have any questions, you may email him at choppingblocktests@gmail.com

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  • Mark Mark on Jul 31, 2018

    That looks to be about perfect performance for HD.

    Nice to see a rifle round that has shorter penetration and more aggressive expansion/energy transfer.

  • Nate_naah Nate_naah on Aug 01, 2018

    It's a dang centerfire rifle round. Most any one of them will put a significant amount of hurt on a human being....

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