![]() ![]() These bullets should allow the 458 to perform in another niche altogether.Īs to your question on leading, I cannot answer the aluminum question, but we had Barnes do a group buy of a banded solid that I believe is comprised of a copper/zinc alloy. 224 diameter bullet up to 556 perfromance only gives you 556 performance. I suspect that these machined bullets might be a better solution, as getting a. I still have a handful left, but put them on the back burner once others were seeing poor accuracy. ![]() The folks that tested them were not seeing anything great, accuracy wise. ![]() Marty actually put together some synthetic sabot rounds to use with. Would aluminum or zinc "lead" the barrel over time? 458 so I don't know the logistics of this, but my evil mind is at work. 223, 7.62x39 or 51 or the many other smaller cartridge diameters? Should get a significant increase in velocity over standard cartridges in that caliber, right? Plus the benefit of using the various styles of bullets in those calibers. What about casting a sabot in aluminum that would accept standard bullets?. We will be shopping these bullets around at SHOT to see what we can make happen. We will be doing some more testing, but to say that I am excited about these in an understatement. So there you have it folks, three new bullets, all appear to shoot very accurately and with the combination of weight and design, they all deliver some astounding velocities. When loaded in the SBR, it cycled without issue, although the fireball was beyond impressive, even with a FH. They were loaded over a case-full of A2400 and this load did not fully cycle the carbine. These are meant to "up close and personal" work, and the light weight is intended to more or less eliminate over penetration and collateral damage. watching them hit the mud back stop was impressive. 3100 fps! And they appear to be shooting in the same 1" group as the others. Again, these would shoot well and 1" at 100 should be within the capabilities.Ĩ6 gr AL HP, average of 5 shots 3091 fps, 3127 fps max, sd 60 fps. I was using IMR4198 and I feel that limited my velocity, I think with Lil Gun 2000 fps is not an issue. Ģ75 gr GH HP, average of 15 shots 1573 fps, 1609 max, sd 97 fps. In an 18" barrel, with Lil Gun and standard primers, I do not see any reason why 2400 fps would not be fully achievable. There were definite pressure signs but a lot of that was due to using magnum primers with Lil Gun. Appear to be fully capable of 1" at 100 yards. I did load them a little too toasty so I will withhold my actual loads for now, but here are the results:ġ5" T&E upper AR-15, 6x42 scope, chilly day (40s I suspect), 100 yardsĢ58 gr spitzer, average of 10 shots 2280 fps, 2388 max, sd 80 fps. The 258 grain flat base spitzer, designed with the 458 SOCOM case and chamber in mind.Īll of these bullets are bore riders with driving bands, allowing them to be loaded such that much higher velocities can be achieved without going over the accepted pressure max. Yes, it shoots and quite well at 100 yards! The same bullet, but in ALUMINUM, making it an 86 grain bullet. The 275 grain Gaping Hole Hollow Point (you get an idea of how deep this hole is from the loaded round laying on its side) So here are my new best friends, left to right: 458 should be listed on his website mid-February and I highly recommend them. BTW, Dave makes bullets for some VERY big names and the quality of his bullets is outstanding. 500 Phantom but we got to talking and soon we had some new bullets for the. Initially they caught my interest for the. Before getting into the details, the bullets are made by Lehigh bullets (thank you Mjollnir for the link!) Over the weekend I had the pleasure of testing them (with the bruises to show for it) and the bullet maker has given permission to share the information. Now that I have your complete and undivided attention!Īs most of you might have noticed, I have been requesting some QL load data for some new bullets using Lil Gun as the powder. ![]()
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