| Last updated: 23 March 2000 Ammo
was tested at the NRA Headquarters' indoor range using a Beretta 96G Elite with a Beretta
9mm barrel which has been custom fitted and rechambered by gunsmith Tim Bacus.
Shooting was done from the bench at a range of twenty-five yards. Five five-shot
groups were measured from outer edge to outer edge, and then the bullet diameter
(0.355") was subtracted. Group sizes were then rounded to the nearest hundredth
of an inch. Velocity was measured over ten rounds with a 4.9" barrel.
Group sizes which are hotlinks can be followed for a pic of
that group. Note that handwritten sizes in the pictures do not have the
0.355" subtraction already factored in.
| Ammo |
Accuracy |
Velocity (fps) |
| average |
best |
worst |
avg |
high |
low |
ES |
SD |
| CCI-Speer 125gr Blazer TMJ |
1.85" |
0.99" |
2.77" |
1395 |
1415 |
1372 |
43 |
12.28 |
| Federal 125gr FMJ |
1.65" |
0.86" |
2.30" |
1461 |
1507 |
1431 |
76 |
24.92 |
| Remington 125gr JHP |
1.77" |
1.43" |
2.14" |
1400 |
1425 |
1376 |
49 |
18.35 |
| Speer 125gr Gold Dot |
1.71" |
1.55" |
1.95" |
1475 |
1497 |
1458 |
39 |
11.72 |
Triton 125gr Hi-Vel Rainier
[see note, below] |
??? |
??? |
??? |
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| Triton 125gr Hi-Vel Hornady |
1.62" |
1.10" |
2.11" |
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| Winchester 125gr FMJ |
2.03" |
1.14" |
2.45" |
1431 |
1460 |
1410 |
50 |
17.06 |
Overall Average: 1.72"
[does not include Triton 125gr Hi-Vel Rainier]JHP Avg:
1.70"
[does not include Triton 125gr Hi-Vel Rainier]
FMJ Avg: 1.75"" |
Triton 125gr
"Hi-Vel" JHP
Triton has produced two different loads in their 125gr "Hi-Vel" 357SIG
offering. The first used the Rainier bullet, while the second newer version uses a
custom Hornady bullet. We were unable to test the Triton 125gr Hi-Vel JHP Rainier
because it would not reliably hit the 15" x 18" target from a benchrest at
25yds. One target had twenty shots fired at the center, with a total of one hit on
the paper. Next, five shots were fired at the target off-hand at a range of 15yds
... all five shots struck the target in a group which had to be measured with a
yardstick! The result: 13.5" give or take a few hundredths of an inch.
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