New Lehigh XP - Extreme Penetrator

[sabotloader]

Lehigh has been building and expanding their line of bullets - offering new innovations along with the new bullets and of course the re-designed fracturing bullets.

One of the new bullets is the XP for Exteme Penetration. It is a non-expanding solid copper bullet for pistols. And solid brass for rifles and muzzleloader.

This is a picture of the new muzzleloader XP brass bullet. These are 40x200 grain.



I know as soon as I said 'non-expanding' a lot of you probably turned the interest weigh down... but like the old statement - BUT WAIT THERE IS MORE and there is read on...

This morning I found a video of the testing of this new bullet.

It is a non-expanding bullet but produces a wound channel very similar to a expanding hollow point hunting bullet EXCEPT that it penetrates a lot further creating an extended wound channel.

This video shows the performance of copper XP pistols bullets, the line muzzleloader line of 'XP's" will be brass and will create an even larger-longer wound channel.

This video, while lengthly, has a lot of valuable information. Hoping that some find some enjoyment in the video.

[edge]

Looks a lot like the Charlie Kelsey's DEVEL 



edge.

[sabotloader]

Lehigh Production - The plans are at this moment to get four of the listed muzzleloading brass bullets produced in volume in the next three weeks. They will be available for purchase only from Lehigh Defense initially.

The bullets should start appearing on the Web-Site very soon.

They plan at this time to produce the following styles of Bullets.

XP - Xtreme Penetrator
.400 185gr
.400 200gr
.452 250gr
.452 275gr

This is NOT the exact XP muzzleloader bullet but a good representation of what the bullet will appear like. Instead of the deep rings the bullet will have the normal Knurling Bands to aid in gripping the sabot.


CF - Controlled Fracture
.400 185gr
.400 230gr
.452 250gr
.452 275gr
This is NOT the exact CF muzzleloader bullet but a good representation of what the bullet will appear like. Instead of the deep rings the bullet will have the normal Knurling Bands to aid in gripping the sabot.

[frontiergander]

I tested out some of those crazy looking bullets a couple months ago. They were the pistol bullets and if I remember, a few bucks each.

[sabotloader]

As far as price on the XP bullets, they are going to be right around 85cents a piece. Lehigh defense also has great shipping prices. No matter how much you order its a flat $5.00 to ship anyplace in the USA.

[frontiergander]

ok thats a huge difference from the price i got on some others.

[Boonechaser]

Hopefully they won't end up selling out to Knight, like they did in the past on the bloodlines.
Then they will be 1.50 ea

[sabotloader]

I do not think that will happen...

[Boonechaser]

That's great news! They look like a great new option.

[10ga]

Feb 24, 2015 7:53:05 GMT -5 Boonechaser said:

Hopefully they won't end up selling out to Knight, like they did in the past on the bloodlines.

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I was excited to try some bloodlines but when I saw them in the LGS they had a price tag = $1.75@ in the packs and that was just too much. Stuck with my SST and XTP and home cast bullets and had 100% success in DRT or didn't have to track anything. Yes at $.86@ that will make Lehigh even cheaper than Barnes. I really like look of those penetrators, should be better than shooting my hard cast. That nose configueration should give good mass displacement as they penetrate. Another item to try at the range when this snow and cold finally go away. Waiting for spring and shooting weather. 10