This educational video is a demonstration of the comparative penetration ability of some of the most common handgun rounds. There are of course both more powerful and less powerful cartridge choices available, as well as cartridges that fall somewhere in the middle ranges of those shown in this video such as the 9mm Makarov or the .38 Special, but statistically the cartridges used in this video are the most common to be possessed or used.
Weapons used in this demonstration
Baby Browning, caliber .25acp
Colt M1903 ,caliber .32acp
Remington Model 51, caliber .380acp
Luger S/42, caliber 9mm Parabellum
Colt SAA (1st generation 1912), caliber .45 Colt
The ballistics of the .45acp cartridge in factory loads is so similar to the .45 Colt cartridge that the performance of the two factory ball ammunition cartridges would be hard to tell apart therefore a decision was made to use the older revolver cartridge.
Given comparable barrel lengths, more modern handguns chambered for the cartridges tested in this video would have essentially the exact same performance as barrel length, not the date of the gun manufacture is what determines the terminal ballistics of a given cartridge.
All ammunition used in this video was factory produced in 2019.

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