Fury 45 Caliber 300g LT

[ronlaughlin]

Dennis Kautz provided this bullet. Actual weight is 300.1 grain. The bullet was smooth sized to fit between the lands, so it could be easily pushed down the barrel to the powder. Still, the bullet was plenty tight so it had to stay in place.

The distance between the rifle, and the bottles is 25 yard.

The bullet blew through every bottle; blew the phone book maybe ten feet back, and fell out of the book onto the ground. It now weighs 296.7 grain.

After shooting the bullet into the carpet, plywood, and bottles, it was examined for rifling marks, and expansion. Note the rifling engraved in the bullet. Fifty grain Blackhorn powder was enough to bump the bullet into the rifling. Is it strange the bullet is soft enough to be expanded into the rifling, but didn't expand much from the impact with the bottles?

 

[ENCORE50A]

Crazy...... ???????

They expand in the berm with 120/84grs BH........ veggie wad.... 100yds
Sometimes my head hurts......

 

[45-70]

it is because of the water, I would try with phone book first and then water

 

[52Bore]

Ouch.

 

[jsteurrys]

Are you going to try 80 gr?

 

[sabotloader]

Ron, just out of curiosity, what estimated velocity do you think that bullet was traveling at 25 yards?

 

[lwh723]

Kind of looks like a Barnes original.

 

[ronlaughlin]

Are you going to try 80 gr?

Didn't plan to, however do have five of the bullet left.

 

[ronlaughlin]

Ron, just out of curiosity, what estimated velocity do you think that bullet was traveling at 25 yards?

Between 1100 fps, and 1200 fps.

 

[ronlaughlin]

Kind of looks like a Barnes original.

That bullet sure do penetrate.

 

[sabotloader]

That is about what was thinking - so I would bet that with 80 grains you will get the expansion you might expect. The bullet must need a much higher expansion velocity. Think you might to get it up to 1400 fps. I think you have had to move up on several bullets that you have tested to get them to expand. I wonder if they would open with 60 grains?

 

[ronlaughlin]

Well, some bullets shot using 80 grain Blackhorn were clocked at 25 yard. Speeds were recorded in the individual bullet thread. Don't know which bullets. So............not knowing for sure where to look, and not knowing for sure the exact numbers; my guess is, from memory. From tired old memory, if one shot this bullet using 80 grain Blackhorn, it will be traveling at around 1600 fps, at the bottles, at 25 yard.

One can look up muzzle velocity on Western' website.