Working With Ordnance Gelatin at Home

A block of ordnance gelatin is not a “bad guy,” but bad guys don’t show up at test labs asking to be shot. Because of that inarguable fact, in the late 1980s, the FBI established 10 percent ordnance gelatin as its soft-tissue stimulant. Since then, most bullet manufactures have adopted 10 percent ordnance gelatin as a test medium. This does not mean ordnance gelatin at any mix ratio. Ten or 20 percent exactly simulates human or animal tissue. Nor does it mean it’s the only media used by bullet manufacturers. It is, however, the most common terminal ballistics testing media.