Hard Cast Penetration Test

[bigmoose]

Ken knows his hard cast, I tested your recommeded load 47.5 H4198, Bullet 336.4, w/sabot 348.3
Loaded very easy, no ingition on three tries,Knurled the bullet, This time it loaded with normal pressure, recoil very mild.
penetration an excellent 9 7/8 inches. I recovered 186.8.grs.
I showed three Barnes bullets to make the point, if you are using these bullets on large game, I prefer, a bullet that stayed together, in the case of the X bullet they shed zero weight.
But no doubt at your recommended velocity, those bullets would be very good on game,

[screwbolts]

bigmoose, Thanks for the kind words and for doing some shooting :-)

As you found, sometimes you have to knurl up, or if I had know the character of your barrel I would have sent Knight sabots instead of HSB.

I am sure the 4x4 is what is making them come apart. fortunately not many game animals have armored themselves with 4x4s. :-)


Ken

[bigmoose]

Ken,
As a matter of fact, it went thru 7 1/2 inches of wood before it got to the magazines.

That would be one tough animal. But if you have seen the shoulder bones of a 1500lb Moose, you know its huge.