Honey Badger Type Boolit

[Buckdane]

I haven't read every post ever posted, but was wondering if the scalloped type bullet of the Honey Badger type is possible in a cast boolit mold. It seems it would take boolit hardness out of the equation for lethality, just for accuracy and leading in barrels. This way there is no worry about expansion properties of the hardness of the alloy. I feel that it might be a lot harder to make a cherry for this mold. Any comments?

[Rcmaveric]

If its the philips tip look boolet I just Google then yes and I beleive I have seen molds like it just can't remember where. But that is more of a novelty mold and not so much as practical use. I dont think you would gain much if anything from it.

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[reddog81]

shot out of a barrel with a twist of 1 in 18" the bullet won't even do one full rotation in most scenarios once it hits something. The bullets look real neat but I can't imagine they actually do anything special in actual flesh/tissue

[RU shooter]

And here I was waiting to see a bullet used for hunting honey badgers ! What's this super bullet look like anyways ?

[Buckdane]

They call it the Phillips screwdriver

[44Blam]

You mean the Lehigh Defense bullets? I bought a box of those in .429 and .458. The 429 is around 200 or so grains and solid copper and the 458s are in the 300 grain range also solid copper.

I made up some barn burner 44s and 45-70s just in case a t-rex and his buddies come through. But honestly, I don't want to fire a solid copper bullet in my guns...

[Burnt Fingers]

shot out of a barrel with a twist of 1 in 18" the bullet won't even do one full rotation in most scenarios once it hits something. The bullets look real neat but I can't imagine they actually do anything special in actual flesh/tissue

Get your eyes checked if you're shooting at distances under 18".

[GARD72977]

Get your eyes checked if you're shooting at distances under 18".

Wow. Two different conversations......

[JSnover]

Actually, even with a 1:6 twist a bullet isn't likely to make more than two turns unless it travels from end-to-end in the target.

[Burnt Fingers]

Actually, even with a 1:6 twist a bullet isn't likely to make more than two turns unless it travels from end-to-end in the target.

The linear speed drops MUCH quicker than the rotational speed. Just watch some high speed videos of bullets in ballistic gel. There's also a video floating around of bullets shot onto ice. The bullet stops but is still spinning.

[Rcmaveric]

Either way.... I dont want to be shot by anything... it sucks for the target.

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[JSnover]

The linear speed drops MUCH quicker than the rotational speed. Just watch some high speed videos of bullets in ballistic gel. There's also a video floating around of bullets shot onto ice. The bullet stops but is still spinning.

I'll believe that, though I wonder if it even matters on a live target.