Steel tips just to impact the copper jacket/lead core or? Figure the deceleration and differential metal hardness/density would make them pretty hard on tissue
Steel tips just to impact the copper jacket/lead core or? Figure the deceleration and differential metal hardness/density would make them pretty hard on tissue
Just curious if anyone has any experience with pointing a Berger hunting bullet to achieve a higher BC as compared to a steel tip used to increase BC? How would both or one versus the other improve or hinder expansion of the bullet when impacting tissue on a game animal? Would a pointed hunting Berger also expand but perhaps not as rapid as the steel tip falling off as Rich has noted?
All the steel tips do is initiate expansion and raise b.c. The reason they are now steel is because aluminum is too difficult to keep consistent and is more expensive. The steel tips put approx. 11 grains more weight forward which usually requires more twist to stabilize than the same weight bullet with weight distributed further back. As far as tissue damage goes, the tips will almost always separate right after contact and will most likely be lying in the bottom of the chesk cavity. I have seen many of them do this. Tissue damage from the tip itself is a non issue, but there will be PLENTY of damage resulting from the rapid expansion at high, and mid velocities......rich
INteresting, Rich do you think a factory Sendero 300 ultra has enough twist to stabilize the 230s.
230 Berger otm's, yes. 230 w3p steel tips, we'll see? My guess is maybe at altitude, probably not at sea level?.......Rich
great, thanks, ill be testing these and the 230 berger hybrid targets (not otms) together, so I guess ill find out. Elevations around 6500 ft at the final drop test spot.
yes Rich we have .10 thousandths jackets for what we are running right now......we can do other a thicker jacket if need be but we haven't had any issues with what we are running now.
hope that helps. Sorry we are swamped bud......between you guys and my AR15 guys wanting my new platform and round the .375 Reaper® and getting long range stuff together for Ashbury Precision Ordinance
it's been crazy.
John,
Hey.. I have a question, i was looking at similarity between your and Alco .308 cal 220 gr RBT-ST just to name one weight. Looks pretty close, is there a shared thing here or is it just happenstance. I've not tried either yet but look forward to giving yours a run, something along the line of a 175gr match RB..
Cheer's
436
Looks to be the same stock Corbin dies, holly smokes a 140gr 6.5 with a BC of .687 https://www.upammosupply.com/node/220
Al recieved my bullets today, thanks again, will post back here when I get my testing done.