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Marrakai
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Re: 600 - 700 grain .458 cast bullets
07/07/07 10:05 AM

Aww, C'mon 500grains, that's deliberately misleading.

The .500 Nitro SOFT POINT driven at a stupid 2500 fps (way too fast!) blew the first 4 inches of wet-stack completely off the rack, and still created a 4" wound channel more than a foot deep. The second one at 'proper' velocity made over 2 feet. The .500 solids penetrated 48 and 55 inches. Where's the surprise here?

The .25-20 solids made 14-inches at the slow velocity, and 20-inches at the slightly higher velocity. Entirely consistent with what we would expect from a low-to-moderate velocity solid.

Linebaugh Penetration Test Results

I do agree, though, that wet phonebook penetration should not be used to predict actual penetration on game, but in fact it is probably no worse than any other medium. As I have stated many times it is the perfect way for the layman to COMPARE the performance of one bullet against another, and to check the expansion characteristics of a particular soft-point. Its big advantage?: it is cheap and available, compared with ballistic gelatin (the industry standard).

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700 grain .458 cast bullets	KDMCustom	05/07/07 06:16 AM
Re: 600 - 700 grain .458 cast bullets	jro45	05/07/07 11:43 AM
Re: 600 - 700 grain .458 cast bullets	500grains	05/07/07 12:40 PM
Re: 600 - 700 grain .458 cast bullets	Tatume	05/07/07 09:17 PM
Re: 600 - 700 grain .458 cast bullets	Schamankungulo	05/07/07 10:07 PM
Re: 600 - 700 grain .458 cast bullets	9.3x57	06/07/07 12:13 PM
Re: 600 - 700 grain .458 cast bullets	KDMCustom	06/07/07 12:41 PM
Re: 600 - 700 grain .458 cast bullets	9.3x57	06/07/07 01:24 PM
Re: 600 - 700 grain .458 cast bullets	KDMCustom	07/07/07 01:18 PM
Re: 600 - 700 grain .458 cast bullets	9.3x57	06/07/07 11:07 PM
Re: 600 - 700 grain .458 cast bullets	KDMCustom	07/07/07 01:07 PM
Re: 600 - 700 grain .458 cast bullets	Tatume	07/07/07 02:36 AM
Re: 600 - 700 grain .458 cast bullets	500grains	07/07/07 04:56 AM
Re: 600 - 700 grain .458 cast bullets	Marrakai	07/07/07 10:05 AM
Re: 600 - 700 grain .458 cast bullets	9.3x57	07/07/07 01:38 PM
Re: 600 - 700 grain .458 cast bullets	KDMCustom	22/07/07 06:35 AM

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