Swift 200 Grain 40 caliber -- 50g Blackhorn

[ronlaughlin]

Bullet provided by Jamie Mayfield

Muzzle to bottles = 25 yard. Powder charge = 50 grain Blackhorn.

VIDEO

Bullet destroyed first bottle; blew up second bottle; damaged third bottle; holed fourth bottle; bounced off fifth bottle ten feet to the side, and four feet in front of horse.

 

[52Bore]

Big HP = expansion at low velocity.
Nice result.

 

[ronlaughlin]

 

[LBAhunter]

Nice!!

 

[Jamie Mayfield]

Awesome. This just seems about perfect for woods hunting and youth loads. If a person shot enough to know drops, it should perform well at 200 yards.
Jamie

 

[twild]

Great test Ron, Thanks for doing them.

 

[billyboy*]

Great Test!

Ron, with All the Evaluations / Info you have Gathered, What Bullet did you Hunt with Last Year?

 

[ronlaughlin]

We hunted with Berry's Blue Diamond 250g bullet, and Fury 265g STB bullet. We didn't get a chance to shoot the Fury bullet.

The boy was quite pleased with the performance of Berry's bullet, and doesn't seem like he would be willing to switch next season.

Currently it seems reasonable we will carry the same two bullets next hunting season.

 

[LBAhunter]

Awesome. This just seems about perfect for woods hunting and youth loads. If a person shot enough to know drops, it should perform well at 200 yards.
Jamie

Totally agree!!