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Do the new Brass bullets from SSK work?
« on: June 07, 2023, 10:34:10 AM »
We do not need to wait for my water testing trip.  Grouse recently made a trip to SSK (his recent post) and as part of his trip he and Gordo of SSK did the water testing for all of us.

They set 5 jugs of water on a plank approximately 100 yards down range.  The first 3 jugs were white 1 gallon jugs and the 2 rear grey were 5 gallon jugs.  Thankfully, Grouse took some pictures of the testing.  I have created a page that shows this testing.  He was shooting the bullet at near 2000fps.

The picture shows that the bullet's Controlled Fracturing did work and did do the damage I would have expected.







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Re: Do the new Brass bullets from SSK work?
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2023, 12:06:01 PM »
Nice.
I really appreciate your reports.
Any damage to the 2nd jug?

Do you see this as a deer bullet?
I'm assuming not something you'd use for elk?
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Re: Do the new Brass bullets from SSK work?
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2023, 12:22:30 PM »
Nice.
I really appreciate your reports.
Any damage to the 2nd jug?

Do you see this as a deer bullet?
I'm assuming not something you'd use for elk?

Yes, there was damage to second jug, sufficient enough to blow it off ad onto the ground. I think it was ruptured but Grouse did not take any close up pictures of it.

I believe this bullet is and will be an excellent bullet for harvesting deer.  I am not totally sold on elk at this point until I can evalute it in a deer harvest. But it darn well could be a very good elk bullet.

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Re: Do the new Brass bullets from SSK work?
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2023, 12:28:42 PM »
 :tup:
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Re: Do the new Brass bullets from SSK work?
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2023, 01:54:52 PM »
Is this something you’re developing?

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Re: Do the new Brass bullets from SSK work?
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2023, 02:26:13 PM »
Is this something you’re developing?

I really wish I had the skills to do that but I don't.  These are being built by an old friend in PA.

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Re: Do the new Brass bullets from SSK work?
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2023, 10:07:02 AM »
Nice looking results.  Did they happen to get a weight on the bullet core after it was recovered?

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Re: Do the new Brass bullets from SSK work?
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2023, 06:29:31 PM »
Nice looking results.  Did they happen to get a weight on the bullet core after it was recovered?

No, they did not get a weight measurement.  But from the past I know it is a very small loss.
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