Fury .452 275 gr Star Tip MZ 2

[sabinajiles]

Being a fan of Fury Bullets, I recently ordered some of Dennis's .452 275 gr Star Tip MZ 2 bullets. They are an improved replacement for the .452 275 gr FAT bullet which has been discontinued. This morning I had a chance to try them in my .45 McRem. I first fouled the barrel using 5 shots at 100 yds of the Fury .452 300 gr FAT with 65 gr IMR 4198 and a .060" veggie wad. Not bad for a cold start. I then shot 5 of the 275 gr Star Tip MZ 2s with 70 gr IMR 4198 and a veggie wad. One hole and a flier. The flier was actually my last shot and I rushed it and knew I pulled it when I squeezed the trigger. They will work.

 

[BuckDoeHunter]

Nice shooting! Good report, I thought about trying some of those Star Tips.

 

[ourway77]

Did you size the bullets how did they load ? hard easy w/o sizing. Thanks

 

[sabinajiles]

Did you size the bullets how did they load ? hard easy w/o sizing. Thanks

I smooth size the bullets to load with fairly easy one handed pressure.

 

[sabinajiles]

So far, I have taken two whitetail deer with these bullets, a large bodied buck at 90 yd and a small doe at 70 yd. I used the McRem and 70 gr of IMR 4198 and a veggie wad. The buck was a perfect broadside lung shot and it literally dropped dead in it's tracks. Lungs were completely destroyed and the abdominal cavity was full of blood. The doe was actually coming straight at me and I did not want a pass though the intestines do I took a high shoulder shot. That was a mistake and the bullet was pretty explosive at the short range and blew a pretty big hole out of the shoulder. In retrospect, I should have taken a low front shot at the heart. The Star Tip 2 bullets are not only extremely accurate but have excellent terminal performance. I also took another large bodied buck at 90 yd with my Bestill 45 Brux/Omega using the predecessor to the Star Tip 2, the 275 FAT with 60 gr IMR 4198 and a veggie wad. It was a head on shot and the bullet entered right behind the left shoulder, traveled through the deer and broke the right hip. Needless to say, he went down immediately. I did not find an exit wound but also didn't recover the bullet so it must have came out with the gut pile. The Fury bullets size easily, are very accurate and really do perform well. Dennis is putting out some great bullets for smokeless shooters.