500gr Bullet Test

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Mar 23, 2017
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I had some time to try recovering some bullets from my 460 WBY this week. First one was was the Nosler at 50 yards.It took a couple of tries because the milk jugs bow from the impact , I went 2 wide and was able to recover this one 1A087598-E6B1-4DF3-B1E8-8BA4C923FA05.jpeg 7434FCBE-8929-4E55-99BC-6A3398CBF93D.jpeg 5E7E8F41-C37E-4E62-A8B5-48ED2C03308F.jpeg You can see where the sticks of powder imprinted into the lead. The Nosler was recovered in the ninth jug with 404.2gr and a total recovered of 451gr. Next was the Barnes 500 gr TSX , again took a couple of tries. The Barnes was recovered in the tenth jug at 408.9 gr and total recovered 465.2gr. I also tried the Nosler 300gr Silver BT which blew 3 jugs apart with nothing to recover. I had one attempt with the Hornady 500gr DGX but failed to recover , ran out of jugs :( If I do this again with this rifle I will try 5 gal. pails :grin:
 
AWESOME Bullet test! There must be some crazy speed on that 500 TSX to shear those petals off at 50 yards. Thank you for posting them.
 
Very Nice !

I need to gather up my tests from years ago.

458Lott 24" Ruger No.1, Hornady 500gr steel Jacketed copper clad would shoot through 39" of pine, with and against the grain.
 

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This is from my CZ 602 458 Lott by Lon Paul years ago. They're no longer made anymore, but I used them a lot..... lol.

500 gr Speer African Grand Slam, I also loved the 450 gr Barnes TSX bullets to for the flatish trajectory on longer shots that weren't measured in feet.

I did however have the where with all to buy a few 100 of them.
 

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