Bullets into jugs today

[Dwh7271]

Shot the 257 Weatherby, 280 AI, and 45-70 into jugs today.
All shots taken at 25 feet. Just how it worked out. Pretty good torture test for the bullets though.
Loads:
257- 68 gr MRP, 110 AccuBond, 3310 fps
280 AI, 65 MRP, 150 Partition, 3040 fps
45-70, 58 H322, 300 gr Speer, 2190 fps
Temperature was 85.

Please excuse the photo quality. Camera died and had to use the phone.
Sorry they're all sideways also. Don't know how to rotate them once posted.
AccuBond measures .457
Partition measures .5085
Speer measures .684

Forgot. Partition and Speer were in the sixth jug, AccuBond in the fifth.

 

[DrMike]

The bullets all provide a great deal of confidence in their integrity. Excellent testing.

 

[Guy Miner]

Agree. Three impressive bullets.

Thanks for testing and posting! I like the paper plates too. Yet another use!

Regards, Guy

 

[Dwh7271]

Glad to do it. It's fun.
Between paper plates and GFS unfolded pizza boxes (they make great tombstone targets, .20 to 30 cents each)I rarely use "traditional" targets anymore.

 

[JD338]

Nicely done Dewey. I seem to recall another 110 gr AB from the same rifle
that was shot into phone books. The results were the same.
The 7mm 150 gr PT looks great. Excellent bullet choice for the 280AI.
The Speer 300 gr HP is an impressive buller and will prove to be a deer sledge hammer.

 

[ScreaminEagle]

Nice! Makes me want to start saving up empty milk jugs

 

[wisconsinteacher]

Your 110 AccuBond looks very similar to the one I shot into jugs today. I really like the looks of them.

 

[DrMike]

Nice! Makes me want to start saving up empty milk jugs

Drink more milk; you can never have too many jugs. :grin:

 

[Dwh7271]

WT,
The AccuBond impressed me.
For 25 ft and 3300 plus it held up very well.

 

[Divernhunter]

I like milk jugs also------just a pair of them

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

I've never seen a partitions come out like that? Any of you?? Whats that bigger lead piece, core?

 

[DrMike]

I've never seen a partitions come out like that? Any of you?? Whats that bigger lead piece, core?

Not at all unusual with the tortuous extremes to which it was subjected.

 

[Dwh7271]

It's a piece of the core from the front section.
Rear section maintained its integrity perfectly.
Even being a small piece it was still in the sixth jug. :grin:

 

[Guy Miner]

I've never seen a partitions come out like that? Any of you?? Whats that bigger lead piece, core?

Yeah, not that unusual for a Partition to come out looking like that. The front half is pretty fragile. As intended.

All that was left of a 115 gr Nosler Partition from my .25-06, into the jugs at 20 yards or so:


I pretty much count on losing the front of a Partition.

 

[Elkman]

I posted this last fall "While looking for spare shoelaces one evening in Oregon, I happened upon a group of bullets that I thought I had lost. These are, .308, 180 gr. Nosler Partition bullets, that were salvaged from animals that were taken by my dad and me. Nosler users don't collect many bullets as this collection represents the majority that were found over a 30 or 40 year period. A lot of game was taken to collect these".

 

[JD338]

Bill,

That is an impressive collection of partitions.

JD338

 

[Elkman]

JD
The last solid body shot I made on an elk, was at 540 yards. He was quartering a little towards me, the bullet went a little high, just a bit above his near shoulder blade and back a bit. The bullet traveled the length of the elk, into his off side, rear quarter. There it went through the large joint holding the pelvis to the rear leg and out into to the hillside beyond. Like I said you don't recover many of those Partitions. I love them.

 

[Oldtrader3]

I have only recovered one Partition from deer sized animals. That was a 130 grain .277 at 200 yards that went through 3-1/2 feet of antelope, in the chest, through to under the skin behind and through right hip.