Charter .41, .44 & .45
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pettypace
I'd like to know more about the "greenies" in the picture: What was the bullet alloy? What was the muzzle velocity? What were they shot into? And with what results?
Just estimating the expanded diameter from the picture to be about 0.75", a quick calculation shows that it would take something just north of 1000 f/s to reach the FBI minimum 12" penetration in bare gel. I'm not sure how many 214 grain 1000 f/s loads a Bulldog could take. Maybe a few more than I'd want to shoot from one.
Even so, I wouldn't dismiss that MP mould out of hand. If the expansion were less, say 0.6", then you could get over 15" of penetration at about 800 f/s. That's not far from the Keith recipe (.40+ caliber, half ounce of soft lead, 900 ft/s) that Outpost75 posted recently. And a .44 Bulldog could easily handle that -- as could the shooter. The shootee -- not so much.
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All my HP bullets are made from pure lead with 2-3% to max 5% tin, that 432-395 MP Mold were made from pure with 2-3% tin.
I have shoot this one in soft soaked paper, water and large man sized ice cones at 35m that’s why I know they fly straight in “reversed mode”. Shoot at 10m
at target-perfect. All my recovered bullets lost 1grs max and got perfect mushrooms. Tried also through heavy double layered clothes+T-shirt backed by water jug and soaked paper. Expansion was less but still good. Home defends load? Yes.
If someone wants to see me shooting reversed HBWC at 35 m hitting and breaking man sized ice cones send me pm with your email. I can post target at 10m shooting offhand with reversed. It’s stabile because of shape of cavity. Velocity was from
750 to 850fps, have few more 44 moulds that get more of my attention.
Will recommend the best 44 bullet for Charter 3” and home defence use in my next post[emoji3596]