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The setup until i had to add another wet book at the end and a thicker one in front of the particle board
My old fave the Barnes Original .458 300 SS put on a good show again and was the ONLY one to go through all the books until i added another wet book.
Entrance even though it does not look like it.
And a small idea of the potential wound channel. Larger center hole in the particle board in the Barnes 300 SS. The slightly smaller hole is the Speer GoldDot 50-300gr Hunting for 50A&E
The Hornady 475 325gr XTP had similar results and both bullets held onto over 250gr with a nice mushroom, even with just a 90gr charge.
Here is the Speer 45LC 250gr Defense bullet. It only held unto 120gr and poor penetration but the wound channel is HUGE. Its a smaller phone book BTW.
This was only 80gr of BH209. The mushroom is nice...like a pancake but its the Defense bullet not the GoldDot Hunting series. The hollow point is very deep for good performance at 45LC speeds.
Here is why i say the Spifire 285gr BTs must be driven hard. The one with only one petal pealed back is 90gr of BH209. The one with the beautiful classic Barnes mushroom was 110gr. Both nearly went through all the books.
I forgot my MMP purples so i had to take the ones from my Barnes 54x50 bullets.
L2R---2 Rem385gr CLHPs (both held onto 350gr+)--Hornady 50cal 300gr FTX, Speer 50A&E 300gr GoldDot Hunting, Berry's 50cal 300gr HP retained about 130gr. :lol: And a Lehigh .451 255gr DOA at far right. It doesnt look like much but the wound channel was very nasty and pentration was outstanding. The lehigh was one of the 3 to reach the final dry book with the extra wet one.
The Speer 300gr GoldDot did very well actually (236gr) and the Berry's failed terribly with less than half remaining. The Hornady 50cal 300gr FTX held unto 220gr with a nice mushroom and penetration.
I will post better bullet pics of the before and after later. Im in a bit of pain atm since i fired every shot off hand. :lol:
My old fave the Barnes Original .458 300 SS put on a good show again and was the ONLY one to go through all the books until i added another wet book.
Entrance even though it does not look like it.
And a small idea of the potential wound channel. Larger center hole in the particle board in the Barnes 300 SS. The slightly smaller hole is the Speer GoldDot 50-300gr Hunting for 50A&E
The Hornady 475 325gr XTP had similar results and both bullets held onto over 250gr with a nice mushroom, even with just a 90gr charge.
Here is the Speer 45LC 250gr Defense bullet. It only held unto 120gr and poor penetration but the wound channel is HUGE. Its a smaller phone book BTW.
This was only 80gr of BH209. The mushroom is nice...like a pancake but its the Defense bullet not the GoldDot Hunting series. The hollow point is very deep for good performance at 45LC speeds.
Here is why i say the Spifire 285gr BTs must be driven hard. The one with only one petal pealed back is 90gr of BH209. The one with the beautiful classic Barnes mushroom was 110gr. Both nearly went through all the books.
I forgot my MMP purples so i had to take the ones from my Barnes 54x50 bullets.
L2R---2 Rem385gr CLHPs (both held onto 350gr+)--Hornady 50cal 300gr FTX, Speer 50A&E 300gr GoldDot Hunting, Berry's 50cal 300gr HP retained about 130gr. :lol: And a Lehigh .451 255gr DOA at far right. It doesnt look like much but the wound channel was very nasty and pentration was outstanding. The lehigh was one of the 3 to reach the final dry book with the extra wet one.
The Speer 300gr GoldDot did very well actually (236gr) and the Berry's failed terribly with less than half remaining. The Hornady 50cal 300gr FTX held unto 220gr with a nice mushroom and penetration.
I will post better bullet pics of the before and after later. Im in a bit of pain atm since i fired every shot off hand. :lol: