Rats !!!! That bullet looked GOOD !!! I hunt some thick stuff like river bottoms too where shots tend to be shorter and tracking is a nightmare along with less than ideal angles requireing broken bones like only a heavy big bullet will do reliablely with exit . Any ideas in a full bore other than a conical for a 50 ?? I will drive it hard as i LIKE recoil . I kinda am a gorila....Solid coppers perform better if annealed. Heat them to glowing with a torch and tip them over into some water. Personally its just not worth the effort to me unless you step upto CF pressures and a full blown custom build. 50cal sabotless is more difficult just because bullet selection is poor and to get into the BC range you can get with a 45cal you need to move upto a really heavy bullet. Its just not that great for longer ranges compared to a 45cal.
40cal is starting to show a lot of promise with BH209. A 300gr 40cal can pretty much be shot at Savage MLII speeds but has a way better BC. Its just harder on breach plugs, vents and bushings. You dont even need super jumbo loads of BH209 to get there.
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