BJung
08-14-2022, 02:05 PM
I pulled these spent cast .45 bullets from bullets I was melting. What can you tell me about these bullets besides them being "flat".
The bullets were shot at a 10 yard indoor range at a steel plate backing postioned at 60 degrees. The rules are that the bullets must be shot below 800fps but 700fps could be possible. I used art pencils to guess what the BHN was. The BHN varied from 9-11. One bullet scratched at 9BHN, two scratched at 10bhn, and of course, these and the rest scratched at 11bhn. What would you guess the bhn would be and the MV. I will test this lead along with .22lr lead and air rifle lead for HP testing and I think these .45 bullets were from one of these lots. I don't know who the shooter is but it's a small club. My question is, would a soft bullet and lower MV of arond 730bhn be able to flatten a lead bullet like this? I'd guess it was a SWC.303178303179
The bullets were shot at a 10 yard indoor range at a steel plate backing postioned at 60 degrees. The rules are that the bullets must be shot below 800fps but 700fps could be possible. I used art pencils to guess what the BHN was. The BHN varied from 9-11. One bullet scratched at 9BHN, two scratched at 10bhn, and of course, these and the rest scratched at 11bhn. What would you guess the bhn would be and the MV. I will test this lead along with .22lr lead and air rifle lead for HP testing and I think these .45 bullets were from one of these lots. I don't know who the shooter is but it's a small club. My question is, would a soft bullet and lower MV of arond 730bhn be able to flatten a lead bullet like this? I'd guess it was a SWC.303178303179