Long Range Subsonic loading

[ButterBean]

There are a lot of subsonic haters here!

1000 yard shot with subsonic 458 socom, shooting a 570 gr Lehigh Defense bullet:


Same people shooting a deer at 450 yards with subsonic 458 socom:

No one is hating

 

[asd9055]

It has obviously been done, but that bullet, assuming it was zeroed at 300 yards, it has 100 feet drop at a 1000 yards!

 

[Deleted member 115360]

It has obviously been done, but that bullet, assuming it was zeroed at 300 yards, it has 100 feet drop at a 1000 yards!

You'd need about 37 rotations in that dial to get there.


Throwing lawn darts.

 

[asd9055]

You'd need about 37 rotations in that dial to get there.


Throwing lawn darts.

I don't have have such capabilities in ability or equipment!

 

[Blancoalex]

"fun" for now to learn what works, right now at 100 got too much vertical ( 1-1 1/2") spread. Once get load worked out have Ivey adjustable base to help. Rocks beware

 

[SammySTW]

No one is hating

Ohh ok. Maybe the word "hate" is a little extreme, but you know what I mean

 

[Wedgy]

I built a 458 Socom on a savage .243 win so I could run much higher pressures than an AR based platform and shoot the Lehigh 560, yes it is fun and devastating on hogs ! The rounds fit in the mag and feed perfectly, the bullet is HUGE . That is a .223 o n the right for comparison

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[asd9055]

I built a 458 Socom on a savage .243 win so I could run much higher pressures than an AR based platform and shoot the Lehigh 560, yes it is fun and devastating on hogs ! The rounds fit in the mag and feed perfectly, the bullet is HUGE . That is a .223 o n the right for comparisonView attachment 334993View attachment 334994 !

Looking good! Like to hear range results!
I have three complete orphan lowers begging to be mated to uppers

 

[skipglo]

You're right that I made the assumption that he was thinking of a hunting application. That's where my head always goes automatically. I've looked into these ballistics pretty extensively, and what I mentioned was the conclusion I came to for a hunting application. Animals are never static of course, and like you mentioned, a difference of 25y makes a 20" difference in drop. I had looked at the same scenario as the OP though, to see what it would take to make a reasonable 200y subsonic hunting setup.

With all the new surgical rubber and carbon fiber offerings...reasonable subsonic, that's easy, and super inexpensive ... dramatic savings on powder, no primers, casings necessary....and I have a name for it already....we will call it the SLINGSHOT!


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[asd9055]

With all the new surgical rubber and carbon fiber offerings...reasonable subsonic, that's easy, and super inexpensive ... dramatic savings on powder, no primers, casings necessary....and I have a name for it already....we will call it the SLINGSHOT!


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It was good enough for David to slay a giant!

 

[skipglo]

It was good enough for David to slay a giant!

Exactly! And David did that with just a SLING! Think about the uses the new improved SLING SHOT will have especially with an added Red dot sight! OMG! And no barrel changes or bolt faces necessary....it will shoot from 22 caliber to 50 caliber projectiles...now we're talking Versatility at subsonic speeds and NO RECOIL!

 

[asd9055]

Exactly! And David did that with just a SLING! Think about the uses the new improved SLING SHOT will have especially with an added Red dot sight! OMG! And no barrel changes or bolt faces necessary....it will shoot from 22 caliber to 50 caliber projectiles...now we're talking Versatility at subsonic speeds and NO RECOIL!

So no muzzle brake or suppressor? You are so anti business

 

[skipglo]

So no muzzle brake or suppressor? You are so anti business

Think of it as a permanent cure to the current ammo crisis!

 

[asd9055]

When we were kids, we had two types of leather for our slingshots. One plain flat for solids and one with a hemispherical pocket for lead shot! Solids for big birds and shot for smaller ones!