Onty
11-27-2011, 09:09 PM
What is your opinion about very heavy hollow point (HP) for revolvers? Many prefer just plain flat point (FP) for handgun hunt for deep penetration and exist wound, crucial for eventual tracking. Because of this last requirement, HP is not considered by them as an ideal boolit since mushroomed boolit lacks penetration, and in many cases hide on other side just holds it, and no exit wound.
Now, if we combine heavy boolit with HP feature, we might have combination that will give us large wound channel and deep penetration. I was playing bit on computer just to see what I am going to get, and here is the picture of 44-325 and 45-360 HP boolits;
http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g337/Onty50/44-45-HP-1.jpg
44-325-HP
Nominal dia: .432
Meplat dia : .340
Crimp to meplat: .450
OAL: .925
45-360-HP
Nominal dia: .454
Meplat dia : .362
Crimp to meplat: .450
OAL: .925
Since these are not intended for plinking, I added gas check for better accuracy and to prevent leading. Weights are listed with GC for penta HP, round cavity HP-s are few grains lighter.
Please have a look and let me know what do you think.
Now, if we combine heavy boolit with HP feature, we might have combination that will give us large wound channel and deep penetration. I was playing bit on computer just to see what I am going to get, and here is the picture of 44-325 and 45-360 HP boolits;
http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g337/Onty50/44-45-HP-1.jpg
44-325-HP
Nominal dia: .432
Meplat dia : .340
Crimp to meplat: .450
OAL: .925
45-360-HP
Nominal dia: .454
Meplat dia : .362
Crimp to meplat: .450
OAL: .925
Since these are not intended for plinking, I added gas check for better accuracy and to prevent leading. Weights are listed with GC for penta HP, round cavity HP-s are few grains lighter.
Please have a look and let me know what do you think.