6mm Remington
Ammo Smith
- Feb 27, 2006
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I set up a piece of heavy particle board shelf material on two saw-horses and had 8 water jugs on the board. I had about 16 inches of the board hanging over the front saw horse at 300 yards with one jug sitting on the front portion. I set up my chronograph in front of the target so I could see the velocity when the bullet impacted the water jugs so I would KNOW what it had been, and would not have to guess! I was sure hoping I would not shoot my Chronograph!
I shot twice with my son's 6mm and his 90 gr. E-Tip. The first went through 2 jugs and out and I never found the bullet. I hit just a sliver high as I think I was afraid of shooting my chrono, and all of a sudden having an expensive ($120.00) test... I checked the speed and it was 2482 fps and I set more jugs up. My next shot chronographed 2487 fps, 5 fps difference! 8)
That bullet went through 4 jugs and slipped out the right side. The hydralic effect on the jugs with the water was amazing. I never expected the water to spray out with so much force as it does so in a 360 degree arc. The force was great enough that on my second shot you can see that it completely shattered the board and broke off the portion hanging over the saw-horse!
I was lucky enough to find the E-tip on the ground off to the right about 3 feet. It looks like after exiting the 4th jug it didn't hit any others and bounced off the 1/2" sheet of fiberboard backing they use to hold targets. It was laying on the ground right below the front edge of the board. It appears to have worked perfectly, and I'm really pleased with the expansion at 2487 fps! I would like to duplicate this test at 400 and maybe 500 yards, but it will be difficult to catch the bullets and find them. It was pretty hard to do at 300 yards! I tried one of my 30-06 165 gr. Accubonds. It went through some jugs and after 3 or 4 it went out the right side also. I was not able to locate it though like I was lucky enough to do with the 6mm. A 6x8 foot blue plastic tarp laid down on the ground might help. I am impressed with the E-Tip and how it worked and expanded though. Sure makes one confident in that thing! NO wonder my son's elk tipped over so quickly. No bouncing of on one of those Dr. Mike! :shock:
David
I shot twice with my son's 6mm and his 90 gr. E-Tip. The first went through 2 jugs and out and I never found the bullet. I hit just a sliver high as I think I was afraid of shooting my chrono, and all of a sudden having an expensive ($120.00) test... I checked the speed and it was 2482 fps and I set more jugs up. My next shot chronographed 2487 fps, 5 fps difference! 8)
That bullet went through 4 jugs and slipped out the right side. The hydralic effect on the jugs with the water was amazing. I never expected the water to spray out with so much force as it does so in a 360 degree arc. The force was great enough that on my second shot you can see that it completely shattered the board and broke off the portion hanging over the saw-horse!
I was lucky enough to find the E-tip on the ground off to the right about 3 feet. It looks like after exiting the 4th jug it didn't hit any others and bounced off the 1/2" sheet of fiberboard backing they use to hold targets. It was laying on the ground right below the front edge of the board. It appears to have worked perfectly, and I'm really pleased with the expansion at 2487 fps! I would like to duplicate this test at 400 and maybe 500 yards, but it will be difficult to catch the bullets and find them. It was pretty hard to do at 300 yards! I tried one of my 30-06 165 gr. Accubonds. It went through some jugs and after 3 or 4 it went out the right side also. I was not able to locate it though like I was lucky enough to do with the 6mm. A 6x8 foot blue plastic tarp laid down on the ground might help. I am impressed with the E-Tip and how it worked and expanded though. Sure makes one confident in that thing! NO wonder my son's elk tipped over so quickly. No bouncing of on one of those Dr. Mike! :shock:
David