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265 gr AT RBBT, expansion, penetration and weight retention test results....
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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 162518" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>GG,</p><p> </p><p>Yes I will get them tomorrow. I was going to get them posted today but some customers showed up and got me doing other things(work!!).</p><p> </p><p>The clay is pretty dense and as such, the bullets expand significantly, in fact most of them are expanded pretty much to nearly the beginning of the RBBT. THis did not suprise me as they were stopped cold in only 5 to 6" of penetrating the clay, dense stuff. </p><p> </p><p>Still I Was suprised that they retained as much weight as they did. Obviously these are only 4 test bullets but for those four, I was impressed with the weight retention.</p><p> </p><p>Velocity wise, I have been getting a bit better idea of BC for these bullets. Seems to be running in the .9 range. I did not set up a chrono at 440 yards simply because I have not learned the exact consistany of the load to that point and my drop numbers were not yet proven well enough to set up a chrono.</p><p> </p><p>My estimate of impact velocity would be right around 2500 fps +/- 50 fps.</p><p> </p><p>Cost right now has not been offered by Richard. I asked him a couple times and he said we need to prove they are worth selling first so right now that is up in the air.</p><p> </p><p>For what you get, I would say anything from 70 to 85 cents a piece would be realistic to pay for these bullets, hell the hornady 750 gr A-Max is getting over $2 each and if you go by the cost of lead these days, the ratio cost for a 265 gr Aluminum tip on that price scale would be 71 cents each.</p><p> </p><p>To answer your question, I do not know yet but I would suspect in that range. ALOT cheaper then a LRB bullet!!!</p><p> </p><p>I will try to get pics of the expanded bullets tomorrow and post them.</p><p> </p><p>Kirby Allen(50)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 162518, member: 10"] GG, Yes I will get them tomorrow. I was going to get them posted today but some customers showed up and got me doing other things(work!!). The clay is pretty dense and as such, the bullets expand significantly, in fact most of them are expanded pretty much to nearly the beginning of the RBBT. THis did not suprise me as they were stopped cold in only 5 to 6" of penetrating the clay, dense stuff. Still I Was suprised that they retained as much weight as they did. Obviously these are only 4 test bullets but for those four, I was impressed with the weight retention. Velocity wise, I have been getting a bit better idea of BC for these bullets. Seems to be running in the .9 range. I did not set up a chrono at 440 yards simply because I have not learned the exact consistany of the load to that point and my drop numbers were not yet proven well enough to set up a chrono. My estimate of impact velocity would be right around 2500 fps +/- 50 fps. Cost right now has not been offered by Richard. I asked him a couple times and he said we need to prove they are worth selling first so right now that is up in the air. For what you get, I would say anything from 70 to 85 cents a piece would be realistic to pay for these bullets, hell the hornady 750 gr A-Max is getting over $2 each and if you go by the cost of lead these days, the ratio cost for a 265 gr Aluminum tip on that price scale would be 71 cents each. To answer your question, I do not know yet but I would suspect in that range. ALOT cheaper then a LRB bullet!!! I will try to get pics of the expanded bullets tomorrow and post them. Kirby Allen(50) [/QUOTE]
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