Interesting lead free bullet design/concept
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Have you had the opportunity to shoot any of these bullets, if so how did they group?
No, Sir, I have not; I just found out tonight. A friend, however, has a box of ammo courtesy of another member from another site. He will be testing it on ballistic gel and will share the video as soon as it is available, with his consent.
I'm stepping out of my comfort zone this year and plan on using Berger 208gr lrht bullets to hunt with on my new 300WM I'm putting together. I've clean the HP out with a torch tip cleaning bit, which I was told is mandatory, but once you do it makes a great hunting bullet. Time will tell I guess.
If this new bullet cuts the mustard then I may give it a try next hunting season.
If this new bullet cuts the mustard then I may give it a try next hunting season.
ThankYou for the link Feenix! Appears to be a European woke bullet video from Norma that cares for the environment. However technology is changing & Europe is definitively ahead of us on the "enviro friendly hunting bullet." Let US know how your buddy's balletic gel tests go, ThankYou for posting. Looks deadly
Good on you; good luck!
I am unsure if there are others, but they also made the ecostrike bullet.
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EvoStrike Norma Babe with a Swiss accent…..I'll take 2 boxes
I'm pretty sure you will be impressed with the 208 LRHT as I've used it on many wild bulls out of a 300 WSM. They did massive damage on shoulder/neck shots and I even double lunged a couple on the run right through the front shoulder bone. Ranges were from 30 yds out to 590 yds.
I've read people say it's constructed very closely to the 215 hybrids and from my experience it also performs very similar. I actually cleaned my tips out with a wire drill bit as the point is noticeably sharper. Good luck!!
adam32+P
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My buddy will be using them this year...I tried and tried to find some for myself but couldn't find any stateside for my chamberings.
KMLampson
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Tin core wouldn't be my first choice. Maybe I'm closed minded. Interested to hear about the gel tests.
ElCidAviator
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Tin is less dense than copper by about 18% and is less dense than lead by about 40% (it's 1am my math could be off). So they are relying on the frangible front half to make the wound channel and but the second half still made of tin is supposed to penetrate?
I just don't know how well tin is going penetrate through bone especially if it's lost half its weight after the front half fragments off. It seems this would be a better design with a copper outer jacket with bonded or partitioned tin core.
I just don't know how well tin is going penetrate through bone especially if it's lost half its weight after the front half fragments off. It seems this would be a better design with a copper outer jacket with bonded or partitioned tin core.
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cohunt
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It's a tin partition
