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October 7, 2012, 12:38 PM | #26 | |
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Gotta touch of arthritis in my right shoulder (the result of an occupational injury) that doesn't respond very well to cold and the simple thought of having to reload under those conditions just made me run for another Ibuprofen 800mg- I don't envy you that task.
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During the course of exchanging a few PMs with the OP (a very nice guy BTW!) I ran some hypothetical examples through the Schwartz and MacPherson bullet penetration models to illustrate the effect of sectional density upon penetration. I thought that others might be interested in seeing what these two models offer in terms of predictions so I offer their results here-
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I think you are on the right track, get a decent meplat aka flat nose. The meplat will do the work, the flat nose crushing and cutting. A 300 grain non-expanding "FN" bullet will out penetrate any expanding bullet be it a .375 H&H or otherwise. That's why they use solids on dangerous game. +1, I agree with the FN bullet being devastating on large game.
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I busted up a scope pretty good with 300 gr. Barnes loads out of my Redhawk about 25 years ago. Scopes then weren't too good with recoil, unless they were Burris or Leupold, especially Burris. Replaced the scope with a Burris 2X and scrapped the 300 gr idea. Eventually settled on Elmer Keith's load of 22 gr of 2400 atop his 250 gr LSWC (429421) for somewhere close to 1400 fps. That would probably be the gun and load I'd have with me, in all seriousness, if I found myself in the unenviable position that's the subject of all those big bear threads. It's still my favorite load for the .44 Magnum, supremely accurate in my personal gun, and I still have some left from several years ago. Reminds me, it's been years since I shot that gun. Maybe it's time.
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Assuming you are talking about a .44 mag. (you don't say), I believe, as others have stated, the 240 gr. hard cast SWC is plenty gun for (almost) anything.
I loaded and shot many thousands of rounds in my Redhawk. I am not very big but handled the recoil without a problem up to max loads and 245 gr. bullets. But, the 300 gr. with max-max loads (tested for safety) were more recoil than I care to experience. Plus, the recoil brought the point of impact up so high my sights would not crank down far enough to get any kind of accuracy with the 300 grainers. Only use I can think of is when Brownie is so close you can smell him and you don't want to be his lunch. |
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Do those formula take into account meplat or only total diameter?
I know Elmer Keith was not a scientist by today's standards, he did however understand that the meplat on a bullet was one of the most important attributes to its penetration. Keith liked the meplat at 70% of the bullet diameter as any wider and it would hinder penetration at the velocities he used. One of the bullets I want to try is the 300 grn WFNGC from beartooth. A hard cast 240 LSWC at 1400-1500 FPS will penetrate any North American game animal, provided the cast is not too hard and brittle.
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The 300 grain bullet is listed by the 'Jello Shooters' to be the best .44 magnum load.
http://www.m4carbine.net/showthread....ght=.44+magnum This might be due to the momentum the heavier bullet might have. I am partial to the 300 grain XTP/HP.
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Yeah, I like the 300 gr XTP, too. It's a real sledge-hammer. I think that the .44 is a fine hunting pistol/revolver, but due to extended recovery time between shots and its large size, I'd be reluctant to use it as a SD choice. If I did, I probably load up with the 225 gr. Barnes- http://www.m4carbine.net/showthread....ght=.44+magnum Corbon 225 gr XPB (DPX44M 225/20 1350 fps) fired from 5" S&W 629 at ave vel of 1308 f/s; single shots: BG: Pen = 19.3", Ave RD = 0.70", Ave RL = 0.63", Ave RW = 225.2 gr 4LD: Pen = 18.9", Ave RD = 0.70", Ave RL = 0.64", Ave RW = 225.5 gr AG: Pen = 19.3", Ave RD = 0.47", Ave RL = 0.77", Ave RW = 225.6 gr
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O/P is talking bull moose and brown bears and any expanding bullet would be a serious compromise and mistake in my opinion. You don't want a two foot wound channel, you want four foot plus.
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