More reasons why a) vets and b) living in Texas are so damned wonderful.
Old_Painless from AR15.com (retired and with way too much time on his hands) has made it a hobby of performing amateur ballistic testing at his local range in SE Texas. He’s been so good as to frequently share the results on ARFCom and he’s also created a site called The Box O’ Truth.
If you are, like me, a “firearms afficionado”, then this is truly the best thing to hit the web since the hyperlink.
Of particular interest is his vindication of the .30 M1 Carbine, long slandered as lacking penetration power.
Remember that, as he often writes, “shooting stuff is fun”.