"NEW" 260g Speer HP

[ronlaughlin]

Bullet was furnished by GM54-120

Between the rifle, and the bottles is 25 yard. Powder charge is 80 grain Blackhorn.

Bullet destroyed first bottle; blew second bottle in half, and tossed the top half 10' behind horse. Went through third bottle, bounced off fourth bottle into snow. Fourth bottle, fifth bottle, and sixth bottle hold water. Metal detector was required to find bullet in snow below horse.

Bullet weighs 259.5 grain.

This bullet is harder to size than some others, but still worked good.

 

[dbowling]

that is about as good as it gets. Be a whole lot of damage from that one.

 

[wildcat2]

that is about as good as it gets. Be a whole lot of damage from that one.

Very good got some coming ,will be her Tuesday, deer getter to me!

 

[Idaholewis]

As good as It gets right there!! That is 1 of the TOP DOG Performers I’ve seen in this Test, This is EXACTLY what i look for in a “Hunting” Bullet

 

[HC]

I didn’t expect anything less from Speer.

 

[GM54-120]

Them bullets are cheap too. $13/50 at Sportmans and about $12/50 at Grafs when they got them.

 

[da new guy]

Are these the Speer 4481 or a different bullet? They look like a really solid deer bullet...

 

[WV Hunter]

Well its obvious that slighly higher copper jacket was an improvement on the already good 260. That's impressive.

Still, the interesting thing to me is Speer list them as target rounds. ?? They are (IMO) equally as good as the deep curl (hunting round) it appears, at half the price. I'm gonna have to pick up some of the new ones. Thx Ron!

Oh, and it list them as .451 up top, but lower it shows .452. ?? LOL

 

[GM54-120]

Its just over .452 according to my caliper but under .4525. I bought them at Sportmans Warehouse for $12.99/50. Order $50 in stuff and shipping is free.

https://www.sportsmans.com/shooting...r-jacketed-handgun-reloading-bullets/p/p45738

I got these for affordable sabotless but i also need something cheap for my NULA.

 

[shguns]

Was this test accomplished by shooting the bullet sabotless in a .45 muzzleloader?
Thanks for posting the test and results!
I will be looking for this bullet at my local Sportsman's warehouse.

 

[ronlaughlin]

Was this test accomplished by shooting the bullet sabotless in a .45 muzzleloader?.........

Yes. Bullet was kinda easy to size, and did not spring back over night.

 

[ronlaughlin]

Was curious to see the performance of the bullet out 200 yard. This morning was a cold 10°, but the breeze wasn't too bad. Load was 100 grain Blackhorn, poly wad, W209 primer. Shooting began with clean cold barrel of Knight UltraLite with 3.5-10 scope. Aim was bottom target; only three shots made at measured 203 yard.

We SD hunters are limited to iron sights or !X glass; the bullet appears to be adequate for our limited range.

 

[billyboy*]

Found (5) Boxes of these while organizing loading supplies. These look Very Impressive & apparently were inexpensive.

 

[Bushersam]

Years ago a bought a Knight BK92 50 cal muzzleloader I called Knight muzzleloader company for most accurate bullet and powder out of this rifle. Spoke with Tony Knight and this is the bullet he recommended. Probably most accurate muzzleloader I've ever
Shouldered. Deer don't stand a chance with this bullet. I still have the paper I wrote all info on.

 

[GM54-120]

They changed the bullet contruction fairly recently. Its not the same as the old one. New one is a plated version like a GoldDot/Deep Curl.

This is the Speer 260gr bullet Knight used to offer.
https://www.modernmuzzleloader.com/threads/260g-speer-45-caliber-hp.35273/

 

[WV Hunter]

I've shot alot of deer with great success with the original version, and these appear a little better.
Not bad for a "target shooting" bullet