Arowneragain had also sent some Ranger 127 gr 9mm SXT +P+.

Man, that sounds bad, doesn't it?

Here I am shooting it.

It really expanded very nicely. It had jagged points at the end of each petal of the jacket.

This photo shows the Ranger SXT on top, the Speer +P middle, and the Speer "Standard" bottom.

This is the bottom of the bullets.

We decided that it would be unnecessary to shoot the rounds without the cloth, as they had performed as designed, even through the cloth. It seems that "modern" JHPs do indeed open and expand after going through clothing, just as designed.

At least the ones we tested did.

I plan on "freshening-up" my carry loads to these newer, better cartridges.