FMJ yaw and upset performance

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We can gel test all day long, but the gel tests don't incorporate bone or tissue segmentation which is fundamental to human and mammalian anatomy. They might give us a theoretical baseline from which to compare projectiles with each other, but how do we interpret that data to come to conclusions on what the projectiles will do on tissue?

Shoot hogs? That's what the 6.8 guys tout as the ultimate test medium, and (IIRC) the Swedes also shoot anesthetized pigs (in addition to ballistic soap) to test bullet performance.

Since the US uses the Hague guidelines, despite our signatory status, the Nosler BT is out of the question as far as I understand it.

So far. However, the USMC is currently using expanding bullets (Mk318) in Afghan combat, so perhaps someday bullets like the Nosler BT will be considered acceptable.