The bullet captured at point blank range was pushed by 105g BH, as was the bullet captured at 200 yard. The bullet captured at 300 yard was pushed by 110g BH. The rifle was was the X7. Primer was W209. Sabot was crush rib.
Anybody use them? What are your thoughts about them? I haven't chronographed them yet . Are they a sturdy enough bullet?
Those are some pretty good recovers. I see very similar recovers from a sand berm at 50 yards using XTPs, and the Deep Curls. Actually I don't see a whole lots of difference between the two, but this is a dandy comparison..
I don't know about the ML bullets Barnes makes but I shot a bear last year with a centerfire 4 times. Farthest was maybe 50 yds and 2 were up close and personal. All they did was poke holes like an FMJ. Nothing like the vids they put out. 1st was in the chest, 2nd was broadside through both front shoulders, 3rd was at 10 ft while he was trying to climb a tree between the shoulders and the last was point blank in the neck. 250 gr 338 win mag. Never again unless I have to.
I don't know about the ML bullets Barnes makes but I shot a bear last year with a centerfire 4 times. Farthest was maybe 50 yds and 2 were up close and personal. All they did was poke holes like an FMJ. Nothing like the vids they put out. 1st was in the chest, 2nd was broadside through both front shoulders, 3rd was at 10 ft while he was trying to climb a tree between the shoulders and the last was point blank in the neck. 250 gr 338 win mag. Never again unless I have to.
I know exactly what you mean about punching holes through the animals with some of the sharp pointed bullets of today. The shorter the range the more you might see this happen. Mostly dependent on the powder load (velocity of the bullet) when it hits the target. Think about it a whitetail is not really that thick - a pointy type bullet can get through pretty darn quick not even have enough time to expand. At longer ranges when the bullet slows down it will work like a champ.
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