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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
225 ELDM TESTED 30/375 S.I.
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<blockquote data-quote="elkaholic" data-source="post: 1331549" data-attributes="member: 13833"><p>I was talking to someone last night, and some may ask, how is that good performance? Fair question! First of all, Over the period I have tested this type of bullet (A-max, ELD, or my own design), I have found a good deal of penetration and damage. Sometimes the core will still be intact under the same conditions, but this time it was not. Secondly, I have experienced often that when there is a void between impact areas (in this case sheeting and then about 4" before impacting the bucket) you will likely see much more deformation of the bullet and quite often, tumbling which causes the core and jacket to become more likely to separate. If I had fired the bullet into just the clay bucket, more often than not, there would still be some amount of core left in the base of the jacket. The same is true from MOST of the bullets I have seen recovered from animals, where there is no void. Some amount of core is intact depending on velocity and what all was impacted. This is why I like heavy for caliber bullets when you want to go with easily expanded bullets. The real test will be on animals this fall, so please report your results pro and con......Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkaholic, post: 1331549, member: 13833"] I was talking to someone last night, and some may ask, how is that good performance? Fair question! First of all, Over the period I have tested this type of bullet (A-max, ELD, or my own design), I have found a good deal of penetration and damage. Sometimes the core will still be intact under the same conditions, but this time it was not. Secondly, I have experienced often that when there is a void between impact areas (in this case sheeting and then about 4" before impacting the bucket) you will likely see much more deformation of the bullet and quite often, tumbling which causes the core and jacket to become more likely to separate. If I had fired the bullet into just the clay bucket, more often than not, there would still be some amount of core left in the base of the jacket. The same is true from MOST of the bullets I have seen recovered from animals, where there is no void. Some amount of core is intact depending on velocity and what all was impacted. This is why I like heavy for caliber bullets when you want to go with easily expanded bullets. The real test will be on animals this fall, so please report your results pro and con......Rich [/QUOTE]
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