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Speer Deep Curl 300 grains, very very impressive!
« on: October 09, 2012, 10:10:24 PM »
Well these pictures speak for themselves. My party killed five elk this last weekend and none of them needed a follow up shot. Three took two steos and died, the other two went less than 30 yds. Here is a picture of the only bullet we recovered. 60yd shot on a spike. Went through both lungs, punched through the shoulder and stuck in the hide. This bullet is perfect. It weighed 298 grains. So it only shed 2 grains.
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Re: Speer Deep Curl 300 grains, very very impressive!
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2012, 10:36:03 PM »
Look's like they did there job.
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Re: Speer Deep Curl 300 grains, very very impressive!
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2012, 08:25:04 AM »
I would like to thank Sabotloader on here for recommending these to my brother who introduced them to me. Way better and more devastating than the Powerbelts and Hornady SSTs I have shot in the past.
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Re: Speer Deep Curl 300 grains, very very impressive!
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2012, 08:29:37 AM »
Thats some good field testing!!  :tup:
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Re: Speer Deep Curl 300 grains, very very impressive!
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2012, 08:33:20 AM »
Where do you get them? Are they a bullet made for rifle that you are converting to a muzzleloader?

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Speer Deep Curl 300 grains, very very impressive!
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2012, 08:41:32 AM »
Tagged, I thought they were only for rifles.  Where do you get muzzy bullets?

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Re: Speer Deep Curl 300 grains, very very impressive!
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2012, 08:45:16 AM »
Yes, a buddy shot his cow last year with those bullets and it was a one shot kill at about 120 yards.
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Re: Speer Deep Curl 300 grains, very very impressive!
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2012, 08:47:39 AM »
Out of a 50 cal rifle.
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Re: Speer Deep Curl 300 grains, very very impressive!
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2012, 12:28:35 PM »
What sabot do you use?

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Re: Speer Deep Curl 300 grains, very very impressive!
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2012, 01:03:50 PM »
colockumelk

Congrats on the nice animal...That is great...

That bullet impressed me a few years back when I was testing bullets - trying to loose my need for XTP's... They stood up to my tortue testing much better than the XTP... + the .232 BC number doesn't hurt my feeling either.... I just wish Speer would make more of them faster.
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Re: Speer Deep Curl 300 grains, very very impressive!
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2012, 11:21:20 PM »
What sabot do you use?

The company that makes them is Speer.  The name of the bullet is the "Deep Curl"  The bullets are a hunting round made for the .454 Casull.  So they are designed to open up at slower velocities.  In order for you to use them in your muzzle loader you also have to buy the plastic "sabots" for the bullet to go in.  I use ones from Modern Muzzle Loading Products.  Specifically the long black HPH24's.  Here is a link to their website.  http://www.mmpsabots.com/  And I believe that The Hunt already posted a link for a place to buy the actual bullets. 

The bullet that was recovered out of the bullet pictured above weighed 298 grains out of an original 300 grains.  It also expanded to 1" exactly.  So it doubled its diameter.  We have killed 7 elk and 4 deer total over the last couple of years.  ALL have been extremely devestating. 
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Re: Speer Deep Curl 300 grains, very very impressive!
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2012, 07:39:58 AM »
Very impressive! How would I know which sabot is the best fit for my Knight Disc Extreme?

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Re: Speer Deep Curl 300 grains, very very impressive!
« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2012, 08:12:02 AM »
Very impressive! How would I know which sabot is the best fit for my Knight Disc Extreme?

Probably and most likely a MMP HPH-24 Black Sabot or a Harvester smooth black sabot, either the short version or the longer version..



Which bullet/sabot combination have you been using?

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Re: Speer Deep Curl 300 grains, very very impressive!
« Reply #14 on: October 12, 2012, 08:17:24 AM »
I think the Harvester is the most popular for the 50 cal muzzlestuffers. 

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