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<blockquote data-quote="RCMSTER" data-source="post: 1940462" data-attributes="member: 54689"><p>In another thread, it seemed that my expectation of 90% weight retention was, let's just say, it was either unrealistic, unnecessary,or perhaps just plain idiotic. Perhaps it is all the above, however, below is a pic of a woodleigh 200 grain flat point, designed for the 33 winchester. I shoot this bullet in my 338 marlin lever action, and while it's not technically a long range round, that's not really the point. Muzzle velocity by average is 2315 fps, obtained by 45.3 grains of Norma 203B. It traveled through 6 milk jugs, and stopped in the 7th, so roughly 38 inches of penetration. This woodleigh bullet weighed 200 grains before, and as the pic shows, .2 grains shy of 200 grains after traveling and expanding through approximately 38 inches of water. I also shot a 140 grain speer gold dot into jugs from my 6.5-06 with a muzzle velocity of 2885. It made it to the 4th jug, and weighed 116 grains after the fact. Not quite the 90% I would like, yet pretty close.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RCMSTER, post: 1940462, member: 54689"] In another thread, it seemed that my expectation of 90% weight retention was, let's just say, it was either unrealistic, unnecessary,or perhaps just plain idiotic. Perhaps it is all the above, however, below is a pic of a woodleigh 200 grain flat point, designed for the 33 winchester. I shoot this bullet in my 338 marlin lever action, and while it's not technically a long range round, that's not really the point. Muzzle velocity by average is 2315 fps, obtained by 45.3 grains of Norma 203B. It traveled through 6 milk jugs, and stopped in the 7th, so roughly 38 inches of penetration. This woodleigh bullet weighed 200 grains before, and as the pic shows, .2 grains shy of 200 grains after traveling and expanding through approximately 38 inches of water. I also shot a 140 grain speer gold dot into jugs from my 6.5-06 with a muzzle velocity of 2885. It made it to the 4th jug, and weighed 116 grains after the fact. Not quite the 90% I would like, yet pretty close. [/QUOTE]
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