I got bored watching it rain today so I set up a 50 yard test range in my back yard.
I bought a pack of elr s at wal mart hoping powerbelt had changed something up and gotten this one right. I’ll post pics and let y’all be the judge
I shot it into 5 water jugs backed up by a bag of play sand. Distance was 50 yards The load was the 325 grain elr 50 cal with 71.1 grains (weighed) of fffg 777 with a cci 209 m primer. It went through all 5 jugs and stuck in the sand about 2 inches
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OK - so I got involved with this thread I might as well express another thought. Pointy bullets from a normal ML, not a ML on steroids.
The point is an excellent way to increase BC, accuracy and shoot really long distances and at those long distance when the bullet slows down to a lower velocity - I would predict the bullet hitting an animal would work fine, probably really well.
I think you could get the same excellent results with a pointy bullet at shorter ranges with a reduced powder charge to reduce the velocity of the bullet, especially a soft lead Power Belt.
It would really be interesting to know what CVA suggests the operating velocity of the bullet.
And again only for myself, I really prefer a bullet with a larger
meplat at the nose. I believe the larger meplat aids the starting of the expansion of the bullet, which will create a greater 'Terminal Ballistic' function of the bullet. Again I am talking about a
normal ML.
You can possible see the difference if you think of this scenario. Take a normal sized simple old marble and drop it in a bucket of water. Then find what I think we called a 'boulder' marble and drop it in. Which of the two objects are going to create the bigger splash entering the water. I would like to think the same principles apply to jet type bullet and a more blunt type bullet.
OK - now you guys can have fun telling me I am wrong