Corbon Powerball 70gr

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fknipfer1
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Corbon Powerball 70gr

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The Corbon 70gr Powerball has a filled nose so it will feed every time. Looks like pretty awesome ammo for carry. Little expensive to just shoot up on range. Does anyone here carry or shoot the Corbon round? Would like to find out if it good for the P64.

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Re: Corbon Powerball 70gr

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Re: Corbon Powerball 70gr

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LOL, I carry/carried Powerball in all of my 9x18 guns and S&B FMJ in my spare mags. Functioned perfectly in my P64/P83 before I sold them. Clicked on this hoping to find some ballistic reports or gel test results. .380 version looked pretty good.
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Re: Corbon Powerball 70gr

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May have to go to range and chronongraph some after it gets a little cooler. As of today we have had 51 days of over 100 degrees, a record 1936 was last time this happened. I am not tough enough to handle the sun. The troops of ours in Irag are amazing to handle that kind of heat with all that equipment on. Praise to god we have that kind of people in our military.

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Re: Corbon Powerball 70gr

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Here is the results posted for .380 acp at the stopping power forum.
Not bad, I assume 9x18 would do a little better.

10% Ballistic Gelatin Tests for:
Corbon .380 70 gr PowRBall

Testing Platform:
Keltec 3AT

Barrier:
Four Layers of Denim

TEST RESULTS:

Round # 1:
Penetration: 12.50”
Recovered Weight: 70.1 gr.
Expansion*: .355 cal.
Velocity: 1114 fps

* Expansion measured at widest point.
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Re: Corbon Powerball 70gr

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12.5 inches of penetration from a .380 is pretty amazing.
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