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Road_Clam · March 31, 2018, 06:03 PM

Kinda blew my mind. Those "flowers" are .30 cal Sierra 180 gr Game King RN's shot at subsonic (about 1025 fps). It's pretty cool how the jacket "flowers" when hitting steel and not a typical "fragment" when shot at supersonic speeds.

The jacket in the lower left is actually a 200 SMK notice the smaller boat tail center. The Game King's are a flat base bullet and they are slightly larger. Picked them off the ground directly below the steel gongs.

March 31, 2018, 06:03 PM	#5
Road_Clam Senior Member Join Date: November 21, 2013 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 1,695	Kinda blew my mind. Those "flowers" are .30 cal Sierra 180 gr Game King RN's shot at subsonic (about 1025 fps). It's pretty cool how the jacket "flowers" when hitting steel and not a typical "fragment" when shot at supersonic speeds. The jacket in the lower left is actually a 200 SMK notice the smaller boat tail center. The Game King's are a flat base bullet and they are slightly larger. Picked them off the ground directly below the steel gongs. __________________ "To be old an wise you must have been young and stupid"