glw
07-20-2013, 12:04 PM
I gave my stepdad some of my first rifle boolits to test in his 30/30. (I wasn't there, but here is the report that he gave me.)
The boolits are 311440 cast of 50/50 cable lead (soft) and coww, air cooled. They were lubed with 45/45/10 and check with Sage's aluminum checks. The powder charge was 17 grains of 4227 (I don't know if it was H or IMR, as I didn't load them.) We estimate it was moving about 1650 fps. It had light recoil.
There was no leading in the worn Winchester 55 after 14 shots. Accuracy testing was inconclusive, as it wasn't one of his better shooting days (some vertical stringing.)
What was interesting was the penetration test. The boolit was shot into a box of dry magazines. The boolit penetrated a couple of the magazines before it started to expand, then it it expanded to about 1 1/2 inches in diameter and penetrated about 8 inches. The lead boolit disintegrated.
As a comparison test, a Lee 200 grain RNFP 45 Colt boolit at about 900 fps was shot into the same box of magazines. It penetrated about 4 inches and produced quarter-sized paper punch cut outs.
A future test calls for shooting into water-soak phone books.
So, for those who have real-life results to share, how does this rifle boolit sound for use on deer? It seems like it should have great penetration and good expansion. Dry paper is pretty hard on boolits/bullets, so I don't think that the boolit would disintegrate as much on game as it did in the paper. Of course, the proof is in the actual testing, and I haven't tried it on game yet.
Glenn
The boolits are 311440 cast of 50/50 cable lead (soft) and coww, air cooled. They were lubed with 45/45/10 and check with Sage's aluminum checks. The powder charge was 17 grains of 4227 (I don't know if it was H or IMR, as I didn't load them.) We estimate it was moving about 1650 fps. It had light recoil.
There was no leading in the worn Winchester 55 after 14 shots. Accuracy testing was inconclusive, as it wasn't one of his better shooting days (some vertical stringing.)
What was interesting was the penetration test. The boolit was shot into a box of dry magazines. The boolit penetrated a couple of the magazines before it started to expand, then it it expanded to about 1 1/2 inches in diameter and penetrated about 8 inches. The lead boolit disintegrated.
As a comparison test, a Lee 200 grain RNFP 45 Colt boolit at about 900 fps was shot into the same box of magazines. It penetrated about 4 inches and produced quarter-sized paper punch cut outs.
A future test calls for shooting into water-soak phone books.
So, for those who have real-life results to share, how does this rifle boolit sound for use on deer? It seems like it should have great penetration and good expansion. Dry paper is pretty hard on boolits/bullets, so I don't think that the boolit would disintegrate as much on game as it did in the paper. Of course, the proof is in the actual testing, and I haven't tried it on game yet.
Glenn