| Tatume |
| (.400 member) |
| 09/08/08 04:24 AM |
Re: Best "Stopping Bullet" in a .45/70
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Hello Folks,
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For a super-deep penetrating, expanding bullet, my 402 grain, plain base, Hollow Point cast bullets {wheelweights, not heat treated}, have performed excellently for me.
I’ve never used a hollow point mould, though I’d like to try one someday. Expansion can be controlled by other means also. These 320 gr LBT LFN bullets were fired at 1400 fps from a 454 Casull revolver into tightly bound packages of phone books that had been soaked overnight in a barrel. They soak up so much water that the barrel must be refilled about midnight. The packages were placed at 50 yards.
The bullet on the left is a mixture of wheelweight and linotype, dropped from the mould into water. It did not expand at all. The middle bullet is straight wheelweight, also dropped into water, and is slightly expanded. Both of these bullets penetrated 30 inches. The third bullet is straight wheelweight, but was air-cooled. It penetrated 26 inches, and expanded from 0.452 to 0.560 inches.
Take care, Tom