Water jug testing?

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Does water jug testing deliver any practical real world data, or is it just cool to blow up jugs and capture bullets? We have a 3 gallon water cooler at home and I have a bunch of empty water jugs I was thinking about shooting at various distances. If nothing else it would be cool to capture the bullets. Thoughts?

 

[JFK]

It’s fun. Not sure it’s worth much more than that. It probably shows the maximum amount of expansion you could expect, or best case scenario, but doesn’t replicate an animal.