The Lehigh Advantage
Jun 21, 2010 15:14:04 GMT -5
Post by grouse on Jun 21, 2010 15:14:04 GMT -5
After watching Dave from Lehigh do some testing, i decided to do some on my own. I took 2.5 gal bags and filled them half full of water and shot at them at 50yards with the 250grn Lehigh Brass bullet to see how consistent and accurate the petals sheared.
It was simply amazing how consistent these bullets perform. The bottom line is, the petals shear when they hit liquid and start pucturing/severing arteries and vitals inside the game you are shooting at. And then metplate of the bullet just keeps on going and in most cases exits thru the animal.
I also shot some 290grn TMZ'S and the 300grn SST"s into the water. The only difference between the bullets was the petals. All three bullets blew up the water and went thru the 3/4" plywood. The Lehigh with these extra petals is fascinating to me and very effective.
Here is a picture below of the petals shown on the wet piece of paper after the petals sheared while going thru the water.
For those that dont know, the 250grn Lehigh has 6 petals that shear off inside the animal to create the extra trauma/shock on game.
The 150grn Steel bullets failed the test. Dave needs to go back and modify those bullets to perform like the brass. The 150grn bullets did work when you got 110grns of BH209 at 50 yards. This light weight bullet will need to work at slower velocities for recoil sensistive people and women and children. I did shoot a few Deer with these bullets last year and they worked really well at 2600fps.
BTW- Dave is also working on getting the sabotless bullets to perform just like the Brass bullets in copper. We hope to have some to test in the next couple weeks if possible.
It was simply amazing how consistent these bullets perform. The bottom line is, the petals shear when they hit liquid and start pucturing/severing arteries and vitals inside the game you are shooting at. And then metplate of the bullet just keeps on going and in most cases exits thru the animal.
I also shot some 290grn TMZ'S and the 300grn SST"s into the water. The only difference between the bullets was the petals. All three bullets blew up the water and went thru the 3/4" plywood. The Lehigh with these extra petals is fascinating to me and very effective.
Here is a picture below of the petals shown on the wet piece of paper after the petals sheared while going thru the water.
For those that dont know, the 250grn Lehigh has 6 petals that shear off inside the animal to create the extra trauma/shock on game.
The 150grn Steel bullets failed the test. Dave needs to go back and modify those bullets to perform like the brass. The 150grn bullets did work when you got 110grns of BH209 at 50 yards. This light weight bullet will need to work at slower velocities for recoil sensistive people and women and children. I did shoot a few Deer with these bullets last year and they worked really well at 2600fps.
BTW- Dave is also working on getting the sabotless bullets to perform just like the Brass bullets in copper. We hope to have some to test in the next couple weeks if possible.