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Offline kselkhunter

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Re: What's better Sabot/bore size soft lead
« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2018, 09:59:32 PM »
I shoot the Beartooth 325gr hardcast lead bullet in a sabot.  It's designed for penetration and won't shatter when impacting bone. 

For those that want some expansion instead of a full hard cast bullet, similar to a partition concept, with Beartooth because of it's specific metallurgy you can even anneal the tip of the bullet (reduces the annealed portion to BHN of 11) to have expansion at the tip with the hard cast rear still in tact (BHN of 21).  https://www.beartoothbullets.com/tips/archive_tips.htm/21

Edit:
Sorry missed that you're shooting 54 cal.  So you'd need the MMP White sabot or equivalent from T/C to shoot these 325gr Beartooths.

That's some cool info.

I don't know if I want to do it, but it just seems cool.

My plan is to run some bullet tests and post the results of standard hard cast bullet and the partially annealed bullet.  Just gotta get the bullet test media together. 

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Re: What's better Sabot/bore size soft lead
« Reply #16 on: August 30, 2018, 05:57:05 AM »
Looking forward to your results

 


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