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.

 

[Huntman777]

Can’t really see it being useful for comparison of different cartridges but maybe useful to compare a cartridge at different distances. I think it provides crude comparisons at best. It is fun though! So no harm in that!

 

[ozyclint]

Anyone know how many jug/lbs a 223 with 77tmk's has at 600 yards? And what is the jug/lbs to wallop ratio?
Asking for friend.