The small 308 pellet is 46.12 grains. I'd stuck the barrel on a smaller action. It was easy to drive the pellet to 973 fps for 97 foot pounds.





At that, it blew straight thru a 2 by 4. It telescoped on itself, and also collapsed side to side as the wood grain resisted. It ploughed thru, and was found on the floor.



Exit side.

The approx. 98 grain hollow point, hit the clay like a ton of bricks.



It stayed together, and really widened out.



It opened up from .308" to .548" even when being driven to about 100 fpe (less than 700 fps in this test gun). Bigger guns will drive it far faster, and energy will rocket up. Even at this respectable (but less than record) energy ... it really opened up and hit hard.



In the last test, I had set up about an inch and a half to 2" thickness of clay. That was not enough to stop the slug. In fact ... this is what I found. Look at the exit crater. Huge diameter. I didn't touch it. And .... note the rifling streaks on the clay. That thing really had a shock wave pushed in front of it.

Interesting note: The stopped HP slugs (as shown above) were about 1 1/2" to 2" deep ... and all opened up. This one was clearly in contact with the clay ... all the way thru (in order to impart the rifling) .... YET .... it made this huge exit crater. Now ... if the thing had opened already, it wouldn't have made the rifling streaks ... right? What do you see?



A bit lighter - a different pic. I think that's rifling ... not the edges of the mushroom.

Gary



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/25/2011 03:05AM by barnespneumatic.

Gary,

That thing is a hornet! Do you have a hornet already?

I was curious as to how it could open up like that after transfering the rifling marks onto the clay. Are you surmizing that the shock wave followed the slug?

Lon

Lon I was thinking maybe that was the case, that the slug engraved the clay as it passed through but subsequently the energy transferred to the clay threw it wide open....??
These are interesting slugs Gary.
Regards
Neil

Yes, it does follow the bullet. Notice the spiral in the gelatin.

I thought the shock wave pushed ahead of the bullet. I've seen one hundred of these and just didn't pay attention.

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Lon



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/25/2011 04:43PM by Bigbore.

Interesting,

I note that first "entry cone" being so wide, so quick. By then, my bullet had gone thru the existing clay. In the video, the cone's shock wave opened up and followed the bullet. And, you see the mushroomed HP upon exit. But, my clay captured that first entry, with it's little ring around the entry hole ... you can see it in the gel. And ... then made the initial wide cone, and was gone. Very interesting.

Gary

I chose this video because I thought it was great quality. That it is a "Barnes" bullet was just icing on the cake.

I was reviewing it again and noticed it was a .308 bullet too.

Lon

What? I thought this was THE media!

Hi Lon,

That's a good name. So shall it be!

I will alert the media ...

Gary

big bore , great link , i love the spiral from the rifling ,,,, amazing

More power than my condor in 22 caliber. And i am sure it will last longer, have better accuracy and look much better of course.

This was with the Hawk action. That's the one that will be the 2nd Gary's Gun Room offer.

It's pretty dolled up. Man ... it's going to be a party when a few of these finally get their last green dots on the build sheets! Whooohooh!

Gary

Very cool. That 46 grainer is a pretty good match power-wise for a .22LR, but with better diameter for energy transfer. It ought to be sudden death on small game like rabbits at reasonable ranges. I wouldn't be surprised to see that 98 grain hollowpoint work well on a lot of medium-sized game, up to and including whitetails, especially when used as a sub-caliber in the larger bores with their higher power settings.

If their accuracy keeps up to the usual standard, I'd say you've got a winner in both.