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    Quote Originally Posted by megasupermagnum View Post
    Whats the deal with penta points? Do they expand at lower velocities, or just look man pretty?
    The expansion tends to mimic that of a JHP like a Gold Dot or XTP. But you’re going to have to tailor the alloy to your gun and velocity.

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    215gr ACCOWW .35 Rem at 1950fps into milkjugs of water at close range. Mostly just for testing velocities with paper jackets.


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    Quote Originally Posted by dragon813gt View Post
    The expansion tends to mimic that of a JHP like a Gold Dot or XTP. But you’re going to have to tailor the alloy to your gun and velocity.
    So they just look like a flower rather than a mushroom? No other advantage over a round pin hollow point?

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    35 rem. Factory Hornady versus the silver stream in the form of a RCBS 35-200.



    It is not hard to tell which one I prefer to kill deer with.


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    Quote Originally Posted by megasupermagnum View Post
    So they just look like a flower rather than a mushroom? No other advantage over a round pin hollow point?
    From what I have seen and test, they tend to open just a tad easier. But again, not all pentas have same Hp cavity size and same amount of material sorounding cavity. Made from ww, in 9mm, they also tend to shread petals faster. Take them as a pre-programmed and faster way of expansion.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Djones View Post
    35 rem. Factory Hornady versus the silver stream in the form of a RCBS 35-200.



    It is not hard to tell which one I prefer to kill deer with.


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    Some good looking mushrooms
    Well done !
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    Here is the only cast bullet I have recovered from a game animal, a Cape Buffalo. A 20 yard frontal chest shot from my 577 BPE struck the heart doing major damage and was recovered in the paunch. Cast from linotype, weight 325 grains sized to .585 and powered by 64 grains of H-4198 estimated velocity 1600 fps. The bull ran 30 yards and was down but required two finishing shots through the front shoulders, unfortunately the skinners didn't recover either of those bullets. Next time I'm going to offer $5.00 per recovered bullet. The bullet on the left is as cast, the center bullet is a 30 caliber, the recovered bullet had lost only 7 grains in weight and the meplat was expanded as can be seen.Click image for larger version. 

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    BIG OR SMALL I LIKE THEM ALL, 577 TO 22 HORNET.

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    This is the only recovered cast bullet I have recovered from game. NOE 311165 rf out of my 30.06 Front quartering shot. 50:50 ww and pure lead.

    Stick shows path of travel but bullet stuck in the skin

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    Quote Originally Posted by Friends call me Pac View Post
    This is the only recovered cast bullet I have recovered from game. NOE 311165 rf out of my 30.06 Front quartering shot. 50:50 ww and pure lead.

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    I've never recovered a boolit from any animal I have shot.
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    5shot I don't honestly know what the velocity is. 165gr bullet with 4895 @ 29gr is the load.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Friends call me Pac View Post
    5shot I don't honestly know what the velocity is. 165gr bullet with 4895 @ 29gr is the load.
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    These are cast from MP molds 311 159 they are 151 grain HP shot at 1085fps into 2 litre plastic milk jugs at 50 metres
    recovered from the 5th jug, the lead mix is pure lead scrap pipe and 2% tin,
    Boolits recovered from animals look the same.

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    This is a Lee 230 gr trunc out of my .45 at 10 meters on a steel plate. It weighs 101 gr... I thought it was kinda cool being completely flat.


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    Tested these just before the beginning of season last year

    Lee 312-155 wqcoww in 300 blk over a healthy load of h110 into water jugs shot over chrono

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    NOE 45 Keith cast pure pb powered with 100 gr Pyrodex RS. Frontal shot Ohio doe at 45 yds, recovered at hips.

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    What did you shoot that NOE out of with 100 grains of Pyro? GF

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    Thought this was cool....
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    Casting and shooting boolits between swims......

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    I haven't recovered any CBs from the game I shot but did do a wet newspaper test a few yrs back and was pleasantly surprised with the results.
    This is my thread;

    So today I set out to the range to carry out some long awaited ballistic tests with my 30-30 & 308. Powder used was IMR 3031 and BLC-2 (only for 30-30 w/Lee cast).
    I used Ackland Granger catalogs and soaked for two nights. The bullets never made it passed catalog #2 but the 200gr 308 was pushing it
    Moulds were Lee 170gr GC and NOE 165 GC for 30-30 and Lee 200gr RN GC for 308 Win (boolit weights came exact +/- .2grs with gas check). Alloy was a modified Lyman #2 which came to 13 BHN, Lube was L.L.A. thinned with mineral spirits.
    Distance was 100yds.




    I started the shoosting off with the 308 (Win 88). The first boolit I shot looked a little messy and I actually figured it would'nt have expanded at all but when I saw that it did I was happy but much much happier with the 2nd shot. This one formed a beautiful mushroom :rockOn:


    And then this beauty;


    This was the exact same alloy/boolit I used for last years cow moose

    Now for the 30-30. This was my first step into the cast boolit rifle ctg world. I went with the Lee 170gr mould but will more than likely retire this mould since I just recently purchased the NOE mould off the EE here.
    So here is the first shot with the 30-30 Lee mould-velocity is approx 2000fps;
    Expansion was as expected;


    And now the NOE 165gr

    Much better I think.
    And all 3 that I shot. The NOE closest to loaded cartridge was max load of 28.5grs IMR 3031 and the other was 25grs same powder

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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check