Ballistic Dummy Lab products are used across many industries and testing procedures. You'll find them in Film and TV and online with well-known YouTubers — if you've watched Forged in Fire, A Curious Life and Death Of, or follow Kentucky Ballistics, Garand Thumb, 1SHOTTV, or Brandon Herrera, chances are you've seen our products shot, stabbed, sliced, burned, blown up, and more.

The blade world tests new knives, axes, and lances on them. The military tests explosives and tools before taking them into the field. The firearms world uses our ballistic gelatin as a testing medium for lethal and non-lethal ammunition performance. Our products are also used in the medical world as training models and in the legal world as courtroom demonstrations and replicas.

We do not recommend our dummies for martial arts or fighting use. They're made with gel and replica bones, but no muscles or tendons — so once you strike or impact a dummy it will most likely fall over or tear, since nothing holds it rigidly together.

Ballistic Dummy Lab has a proprietary organic gel that no one else has on the market. Its verisimilitude to natural muscle tissue comes from actual testing of human flesh and musculature.

Perma Gel — the original synthetic ballistic gel — and an organic gel formula we created.

Our gel blocks have been used in virtually every type of ammunition testing: full metal jacket, hollow points, non-lethal airsoft rounds, air gun ammunition, and more. Our Perma Gel is what the FBI uses for its standard ammunition testing.

Blocks are also used for shotgun pattern and penetration testing, and for archery broadhead penetration depth — confirming a lethal amount of force and depth for humane hunting.

The bones are made of a high-density resin that closely replicates average human bone.

Yes. Our organic gel products have a production timeline to be made, along with a shelf life. Perma Gel products do not have a shelf life, so they last longer.

Typically three to four weeks. You'll receive an order confirmation at the time of sale and a notification with a tracking number when it ships. Production is usually 2–4 weeks, and shipping is 1–5 days depending on the carrier, holidays, etc.

The average shelf life is three to five weeks. After that, the gel loses moisture, becomes denser, and shrinks. Perma Gel has no shelf life, so those products last longer.

We don't recommend reusing our organic blocks, but synthetic blocks can be remelted 2–5 times. Each remelt causes the gel to lose integrity, so for precise testing we recommend a new block each time.

Ballistic Dummy Lab's proprietary gel has a temperature rating of 95°F (35°C).

Our ballistic gel dummies serve as a consistent testing medium based on an average human body.

Keep it stored at room temperature or colder (our gel doesn't handle freezing well), out of the box (mold can develop in the dark confines of the box), and lightly wrapped in clear plastic.

This article explains the FBI ammo testing that sets the standard ammunition manufacturers use to confirm their ammo performs to spec. Federal Ammunition created a video on using the FBI standards, and Hornady's video may also help. 1SHOTTV (a YouTuber we work with often) shows the FBI 'Heavy Clothing' ballistics gel test.

We make a Ballistic Dummy Lab torso stand that we recommend for keeping the torso upright — especially after it's been shot, stabbed, or cut a few times. Once a dummy has been impacted it can be harder to keep upright, particularly without a stand.

No storefront, but if you're near Woodstock, GA, we allow pick-ups instead of shipping your product to you.

Here's some insight into what goes into the price of our products:

• Ongoing research and development behind the quality and exclusivity of our items
• Cost of materials used to make the product
• Labor — time spent designing, making, and marketing the product
• Packaging materials
• Overhead — equipment, accounting, insurance, utilities, rent, and other business costs

We put a great deal of time and energy into shipping every product, but occasionally items overheat or are damaged in transit. If your order arrives unsatisfactory, document everything immediately — send us photos of the box, the inside of the box, and the damage. The more images we have, the better our claim with the carrier.

Once we receive your email we'll send a return shipping label right away. You can repackage the damaged goods in the same box, or we'll work with you to get a new one. We want every customer happy and receiving the best product possible.