{"id":35008,"date":"2015-04-29T18:30:04","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T22:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=35008"},"modified":"2015-04-29T18:30:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:00:09","slug":"ammo-test-sig-sauer-elite-performance-v-crown-9mm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/ammo-test-sig-sauer-elite-performance-v-crown-9mm\/","title":{"rendered":"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_35015\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ammo-test-sig-sauer-elite-performance-v-crown-9mm\" title=\"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35015\" title=\"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm\" class=\"size-large wp-image-35015\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"These Sig Sauer V-Crown 9mm bullets expanded perfectly after passing through the four-layer FBI test fabric.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-5-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-5-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-5.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-35015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These Sig Sauer V-Crown 9mm bullets expanded perfectly after passing through the four-layer FBI test fabric.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While the Sig ammo is a relative newcomer to the market, the people are not. I spent some time talking with Dan Powers, who runs the ammo show, and it\u2019s clear that the folks behind Sig Sauer\u2019s new ammunition division have been there and done that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Because every caliber, load and brand combination is different, we\u2019re going to be testing a number of different Sig Sauer loads over the coming weeks. We\u2019ll start the handgun family with Sig\u2019s Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm load. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Great-GunsAmerica-Ammo-Adventure1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ammo-test-sig-sauer-elite-performance-v-crown-9mm\" title=\"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-34079\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Great-GunsAmerica-Ammo-Adventure1-400x256.jpg\" alt=\"The Great GunsAmerica Ammo Adventure\" width=\"400\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Great-GunsAmerica-Ammo-Adventure1-400x256.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Great-GunsAmerica-Ammo-Adventure1-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Great-GunsAmerica-Ammo-Adventure1-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Great-GunsAmerica-Ammo-Adventure1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>This one is a 124 grain standard pressure round, but as we\u2019ll see, it delivers velocity closer to +P territory. The defensive handgun loads use Sig\u2019s V-Crown bullet. Four years in design, it\u2019s being patented as we speak and it&#8217;s all Sig Sauer. At this time, and maybe never, you won\u2019t find it out there under other labels. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The V-Crown is a jacketed design, and from the exterior, looks like many other hollow-point bullets. The cavity appears to be more sharply conical than others, but that\u2019s the only visible difference. The hollow nose is not particularly wide or cavernous and appears to be about the same size as that on a Speer Gold Dot of similar caliber. When you pull a bullet, you\u2019ll see a cannelure groove half way up the shank. It\u2019s present to help the lead core and jacket to remain united as the bullet travels through objects. What you can\u2019t see is the \u201cstacked hollow point\u201d design that is intended to allow quick and reliable expansion &#8211; to a point. Rather than cut one in half and theorize, I shot a number of them into FBI fabric-covered gelatin blocks. We\u2019ll talk about that later. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Accuracy and Velocity<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As this is a Sig bullet, I felt it appropriate to test accuracy and velocity using a Sig Sauer pistol. The choice of which one was easy. I used the Sig Sauer P226 Elite SAO. This gun is really somewhat of a cross between a standard P226 and match grade model like the Competition X5.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s got a single-action trigger and is stunningly accurate. Knowing what the pistol is capable of, I figured the ammo would get a fair test. It\u2019s really consistency, after all, that drives accuracy\u00a0from an ammo standpoint. Consistency of powder load, consistency of case size and wall thickness, and consistency of bullet construction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I set up a Shooting Chrony Beta Master chronograph 15 feet downrange and got to shooting. Here\u2019s a typical 10-shot string:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-9mm-10-shot-string.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ammo-test-sig-sauer-elite-performance-v-crown-9mm\" title=\"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35010\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-9mm-10-shot-string.png\" alt=\"Sig Saer V-Crown 9mm velocity\" width=\"559\" height=\"56\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-9mm-10-shot-string.png 559w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-9mm-10-shot-string-150x15.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-9mm-10-shot-string-400x40.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Remember, the chrony was 15 feet down range, not at the muzzle, so expect actual muzzle velocity to be a tad higher. Extreme spread of this particular string measured 54 feet per second with the standard deviation calculating to 15.19. If you\u2019re not a statistician, think of standard deviation as an indication of how close all the individual measurements are to the mean, or average. For ammunition velocity, a smaller standard deviation means all rounds are traveling very close to the same velocity, and 15.19 is good when it comes to ammunition. This indicates that the performance of this ammo probably exceeds the precision of my commercial chronograph anyway. Given the velocity consistency, I was pretty optimistic about accuracy testing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-9mm-groups.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ammo-test-sig-sauer-elite-performance-v-crown-9mm\" title=\"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-35011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-9mm-groups.png\" alt=\"Sig Sauer V-Crown 9mm accuracy\" width=\"265\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-9mm-groups.png 265w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-9mm-groups-150x109.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a>For accuracy testing, I improved my sight picture by using a Bushnell Elite 3500 2-6&#215;32 Handgun Scope. Scope a semi-auto you ask? Yes, using the UM Tactical rail mount, you can add an optic to virtually any size-compatible pistol with a Picatinny rail. Anyway, the Bushnell is a great option for the handgun ammo tests in this series. It\u2019s 6x zoom and fine crosshairs are plenty to give even my aging eyes a good sight picture. At just 9 \u00bd inches long and 10 ounces, it adds little bulk and weight to a handgun setup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Placing targets at 25 yards down range, I proceeded to shoot a bunch of 5-shot groups. Since I had no sighting precision limitations using the Bushnell, I decided to measure the full 5-shot group size instead of the best three method I use when shooting with lasers or iron sights.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35016\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ammo-test-sig-sauer-elite-performance-v-crown-9mm\" title=\"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35016\" title=\"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm\" class=\"size-large wp-image-35016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"To test accuracy, I used a Bushnell Elite 3500 Handgun Scope mounted on a Sig Sauer P226 Elite SAO.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-35016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">To test accuracy, I used a Bushnell Elite 3500 Handgun Scope mounted on a Sig Sauer P226 Elite SAO.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Do you think it shoots? Umm, yes, I\u2019d say so. If I\u2019ve gotten multi-5-shot-group performance like this before, I don\u2019t remember when. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Shootin\u2019 the jello<\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_35019\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ammo-test-sig-sauer-elite-performance-v-crown-9mm\" title=\"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35019\" title=\"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-2-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Five shot groups generally looked like this.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-2-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-35019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Five shot groups generally looked like this.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Accuracy and velocity are nice, but neither of those means much when it comes to personal defense ammunition. I shot this ammo into both bare and cloth-covered Clear Ballistics gelatin blocks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The bare gel test is really a gimme. Most any ammunition will expand in picture perfect fashion when fired into bare gelatin. The Sig 9mm V-Crown expanded dramatically every time. You can see the numbers in the table, but each round expanded to more than double its original diameter. As a result, penetration was less than the theorists would like to see. I don\u2019t care, and here\u2019s why. Evil dudes generally aren&#8217;t made of bare gelatin. I want to know how ammo performs in terms of expansion and penetration after it passes through clothing barriers. For that, we&#8217;ll use the<\/span>\u00a0standard FBI 4-layer fabric protocol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-9mm-expansion.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ammo-test-sig-sauer-elite-performance-v-crown-9mm\" title=\"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-9mm-expansion.png\" alt=\"Sig Sauer V-Crown 9mm expansion\" width=\"586\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-9mm-expansion.png 586w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-9mm-expansion-150x67.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-9mm-expansion-400x178.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Shooting through clothing barriers makes a huge difference, and performance of most self-defense ammunition starts to get pretty erratic when it has to pass through denim and three additional cloth layers. As you can see from the table, all bullets expanded properly after passing through the FBI fabric and penetration was excellent. The range of expansion was 1.42 to 1.82 times original bullet diameter. I used a single 16-inch long gelatin block, and two exited the back with barely any remaining energy, hence the 16+ penetration measurement.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35017\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"ammo-test-sig-sauer-elite-performance-v-crown-9mm\" title=\"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35017\" title=\"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm\" class=\"size-large wp-image-35017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Expansion and penetration were both excellent when tested with the FBI four-layer fabric protocol.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-3-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-3-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Sig-Sauer-Elite-V-Crown-9mm-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-35017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Expansion and penetration were both excellent when tested with the FBI four-layer fabric protocol.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bottom line? I\u2019ll carry it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I\u2019m really looking forward to testing the .357 Sig load, because, hey, it\u2019s a namesake. I\u2019ve also got dibs on a new 230 grain .45 ACP loading. That weight in .45 ACP is notoriously finicky when fabric barriers are introduced, so we\u2019ll see how it does. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the Sig ammo is a relative newcomer to the market, the people are not. I spent some time talking with Dan Powers, who runs the ammo show, and it\u2019s clear that the folks behind Sig Sauer\u2019s new ammunition division have been there and done that. Because every caliber, load and brand combination is different, we\u2019re going to be testing a number of different Sig Sauer loads over the coming weeks. We\u2019ll start the handgun family with Sig\u2019s Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm load. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":35015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[282,7,209],"tags":[553,132,586,713,620],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-35008","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-columns-ammo-tests","8":"category-gunsamerica-authors","9":"category-tom-mchale","10":"tag-ammo-test","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-column","13":"tag-sig-sauer-elite-performance","14":"tag-tactical"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We test Sig Sauer&#039;s new Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm self-defense ammution.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/ammo-test-sig-sauer-elite-performance-v-crown-9mm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ammo Test: Sig Sauer Elite Performance V-Crown 9mm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While the Sig ammo is a relative newcomer to the market, the people are not. 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