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I mailed you 7 bullets today.
Besides designing this bullet (45-380M) from Accurate Molds. I'm experimenting with lead hardness. I melted and mixed 5 bars of Pure lead and 1 bar of 40-1. My hope was to create what I'm calling a 50-1 mixture. The idea is to create a bullet that is like Pure but with a little hardness to it to ensure the bullet will stay on the charge. So I'm interested to see how these bullets mushroom. Depending on the results, I may send you a few more if you don't mind with a mixture of 6 bars of pure lead to 1 40-1. I don't have a BHN tester, but I sent a few bullets to a fellow MM member who is testing them. I'm striving to obtain a BHN in the range of 6.5 - 7.
Distance between rifle and bottles is 25 yard. Powder charge is 50 grain Blackhorn Powder.
Bullet destroyed the first bottle, and tossed it high in the sky. Second bottle was tossed over the horse, and destroyed. Third, fourth, and fifth bottle were holed through, and through. Bullet bounced off the sixth bottle, and ended up on the ground, to the right of the horse about five feet