.300 Blackout vs. 5.56mm Gel Test
Rob PincusDescription
Is .300 Blackout a good round for home defense? Rob Pincus does some gel testing in search of answers. He’s got a 9-inch barreled Springfield Armory SAINT pistol in .300 BLK firing Barnes’ 125-grain TSX rounds, and 32 inches of ballistic gelatin (two 16-inch blocks). He fires from about 20 feet, a reasonable home-defense distance. Rob analyzes the results of the shot fired.
For comparison, he then fires a 5.56mm round (not shown in the video) and a .308 round. He concludes that based on its penetration and expansion characteristics, he prefers the 5.56mm for home defense.
Curious about other rounds? Rob and PDN Contributors have conducted numerous gel tests.
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Hmmm, I'm confused - You demonstrated and described results with the .300 Blackout. But at about 4 minutes into the video you state you will next fire a "5.56 round" but then the remainder of the video describes firing and see results from a .308 (7.62x51mm). I'm not disagreeing with your opinion but I don't follow the demonstration and description in the video. Thanks.