remingtonman_25_06
Handloader
- Nov 17, 2005
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Been saving milk jugs for a while now so I thought I would try to catch some of my bullets that I am using now.
I wanted to try to keep impact velocity right at 3000-3100fps for the NBT's to see how they would hold up.
I lined up 3 sets of 7 jugs at 100 yards and proceeded to fire the following caliber/bullets into them.
#1. 338 EDGE w/300g SMK. Muzzle velocity 2875fps, Impact velocity at 100 yards 2755fps. 108g retained weight which is 36%. Bullet was found in the 5th jug. Typical SMK performance 25-40% weight retention is all I usually see in them. You should have saw the first 3 jugs though man, they just exploded in half. Nothing like seeing 4500ft lbs take care of some jugs.
#2. 7 Rem Mag w/140g NBT. Muzzle velocity 3200fps, Impact velocity at 100 yards 2997fps. 46g Retained weight which is 32%. Bullet was also found in the 5th jug. The first 4 jugs were once again shredded. Again, typical NBT performance for hitting at the maximum impact velocity. I typically see 40-50% weight retention from NBT's. Not all that great in terms of todays bullets, but I've never had an animal complain about them...
#3. 25-06 w/100g NBT. Muzzle velocity 3500fps, impact velocity at 100 yards was to much, LOL, 3235fps to be exact. I should have set it out at 200 yards where it would have been down to 3000fps, but I shot at 100 yards anyways where impact velocity was a bit high. At the shot, jugs went everywhere. When I went up there, 3 jugs were ripped in half and the 4th had a hole in it, no water leaking out, and no bullet...Just pieces of copper jacket. Usually you at least find the solid base, but I didn't find jack crap!! Kinda dissappointed so I had 5 jugs left and set them at 150 yards to see if that would help. Well the wind was blowing about 15 mph and I didn't get a good straight through shot so I lost that bullet as well.
Didn't really learn anything new on this one. I knew what to expect performance wise. The 300g SMK literally tears apart, but since its a 300g slug, it still penetrates fairly well for losing so much weight. I was surprised to see the 300g smk and 140g nbt both got stuck in the 5th jug, more surprised that the 140g made it as far as the 300g. The 100g nbt at 3500fps is a bomb at anything less then 200 yards. Not a big deal for me since my average shot at deer and coyotes is about 200-250. So when used within my parameters and the design of the bullet, it works great. It probly wont work to great on a 100 yard shoulder shot, but then again, if you got a deer standing at 100 yards, you can always shoot for the neck or behind the shoulder.
I wanted to try to keep impact velocity right at 3000-3100fps for the NBT's to see how they would hold up.
I lined up 3 sets of 7 jugs at 100 yards and proceeded to fire the following caliber/bullets into them.
#1. 338 EDGE w/300g SMK. Muzzle velocity 2875fps, Impact velocity at 100 yards 2755fps. 108g retained weight which is 36%. Bullet was found in the 5th jug. Typical SMK performance 25-40% weight retention is all I usually see in them. You should have saw the first 3 jugs though man, they just exploded in half. Nothing like seeing 4500ft lbs take care of some jugs.
#2. 7 Rem Mag w/140g NBT. Muzzle velocity 3200fps, Impact velocity at 100 yards 2997fps. 46g Retained weight which is 32%. Bullet was also found in the 5th jug. The first 4 jugs were once again shredded. Again, typical NBT performance for hitting at the maximum impact velocity. I typically see 40-50% weight retention from NBT's. Not all that great in terms of todays bullets, but I've never had an animal complain about them...
#3. 25-06 w/100g NBT. Muzzle velocity 3500fps, impact velocity at 100 yards was to much, LOL, 3235fps to be exact. I should have set it out at 200 yards where it would have been down to 3000fps, but I shot at 100 yards anyways where impact velocity was a bit high. At the shot, jugs went everywhere. When I went up there, 3 jugs were ripped in half and the 4th had a hole in it, no water leaking out, and no bullet...Just pieces of copper jacket. Usually you at least find the solid base, but I didn't find jack crap!! Kinda dissappointed so I had 5 jugs left and set them at 150 yards to see if that would help. Well the wind was blowing about 15 mph and I didn't get a good straight through shot so I lost that bullet as well.
Didn't really learn anything new on this one. I knew what to expect performance wise. The 300g SMK literally tears apart, but since its a 300g slug, it still penetrates fairly well for losing so much weight. I was surprised to see the 300g smk and 140g nbt both got stuck in the 5th jug, more surprised that the 140g made it as far as the 300g. The 100g nbt at 3500fps is a bomb at anything less then 200 yards. Not a big deal for me since my average shot at deer and coyotes is about 200-250. So when used within my parameters and the design of the bullet, it works great. It probly wont work to great on a 100 yard shoulder shot, but then again, if you got a deer standing at 100 yards, you can always shoot for the neck or behind the shoulder.
