45-70 300gr PT

[SJB358]

Here is a 300gr PT I found yesterday. This bullet penetrated through a 11" diameter red pine tree and was laying on the ground behind the pine tree. I was kinda of shocked. All the petals but one, were gone, but the bullet shank looks pretty serious! The reason I founds these was I put the new XS Rail on Guide Gun and I was about a 1ft low. I was still perfectly in line L to R but about a ft low. Well, after a bunch of clicks up, I am back to drilling the center of the bull.

That PT comes out of my Guide Gun just over 2300FPS. It is clipping pretty good but man, what a hole those .458's must make. I will weigh the bullet, later but it seems like 90% of the bullet is still there. Scotty

 

[JD338]

Scotty,

That is a great bullet with penetration into tomorrow.

JD338

 

[SJB358]

Heck yeah Jim! I am sold. I have 5 loaded rounds left and those will be all I shoot until I find something worthy of the PT! I will develop a load for the 350gr Hornady now. Much cheaper and will do okay I believe. Scotty

 

[DrMike]

That is some serious mass hitting anything.

 

[JD338]

Here is a 458 cal 300 gr P that I recovered from water jugs at 40 yds. The bullet MV was 2200 fps and it lost one pedal.

JD338

 

[velvetant]

what's the retained weight of these bad boys?

 

[SJB358]

I just weighed the bullet. It was 250gr's right on the nose! Seems pretty awesome me. The bullet cannot lose anymore weight and that shank is still making a .458 caliber hole to leak from. I want about 200 more of them! Just in case. They are accurate, hard hitting and really are a Premium bullet for us 450 Marlin and 45-70 shooters! Scotty

 

[FOTIS]

When I get a few I plan on running them through y 1895 Marlin 26" cowboy!.

 

[SJB358]

Man,I bet you could make them sing out of that 26" tube. Even though, 2300 is pretty fast for a 45-70, I bet you would be mid 2400's to 2500. That would be a heckuva bullet at those speeds. Scotty