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cd07 · 2016-09-05 21:42:51

Has anyone ever tried making their own gel? Has it been successful?

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ballistic gel

05-09-2016 9:42pm

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cd07

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Has anyone ever tried making their own gel? Has it been successful?

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#2 06-09-2016 9:24am

Luckysasha

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A lad I work with uses cuts of pork or bacon to test ammo. Seemingly it has similar properties to ballistic gel

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#3 06-09-2016 9:28am

clivej

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Make a block from Jelly as sold in the shops

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#4 06-09-2016 9:00pm

Zxthinger

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Ye can buy the clear gel from states and reuse it a few dozen times.
Anything else is just messing

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#5 08-09-2016 1:24am

Pedro K

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I did, successfully, and documented some of the results in a thread.

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#6 12-09-2016 9:09am

KE_MAN

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Tiranti Terracotta Wax 500g bought on Amazon is meant to be very good also.

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#7 12-09-2016 7:44pm

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For the craic....I have used modelling clay from a well known discount store...good results.

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#8 14-09-2016 8:26am

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Luckysasha wrote: »

A lad I work with uses cuts of pork or bacon to test ammo. Seemingly it has similar properties to ballistic gel

No it's the other way around. Ballistic gel has similar properties to pork or bacon.

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