10 mil 200 grain Comparison

sabotloader · 03-15-2009, 04:14 PM

Call me late - as I usually are... but I got some 10mm/200 grain SST/SW's in the mail this weekend and I was kinda inspecting the new bullets as I normally do not shoot pointy bullets at all.

Well, I really expected the SST/SW to be a 200 grain XTP with the tip inserted in the hollow point. As you can see fron the picture comparison they are from different molds... The SST/SW is a longer bullet with a smoother taper to the tip.

Anyway as I said this was all new to me....

oldsmellhound · 03-15-2009, 05:04 PM

That's surprising to me too- I've shot both, but never bothered to put them side-by-side to compare them. I figured as well that the 200 SST/SW was basically the XTP with a plastic tip. I'm kinda surprised that the SW is that much longer than the XTP. You'd expect that the BC for the SW would be a lot more than for the XTP, but if my memory serves me correct, I don't think they are that different from one another. I know the BC for the XTP is listed at .199, but I can't remember what the SW is....

bronko22000 · 03-16-2009, 05:31 AM

I was hoping to see them in their final mushroomed state. I wonder which is the 'tougher' bullet and will hold together better.

lemoyne · 03-16-2009, 05:43 AM

45 CAL SABOT WITH 40 CAL 200 GR SST/ML BULLET
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Diameter
Weight
Ballistics Coefficient
Sectional Density

.400"
200 gr.
0.265
0.179
This is what I have for the 40cal 200gr SW
The 200gr XTP is .199 BC and .179 SD
Lee

spaniel · 03-16-2009, 12:20 PM

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ORIGINAL: bronko22000

I was hoping to see them in their final mushroomed state. I wonder which is the 'tougher' bullet and will hold together better.

I can show you such pics, but they are "worst case" examples as the bullet pretty much has to hit bone on both sides and come apart from the jacket to stay in the animal on a broadside shot. Typically the 200SW does its job well and exits (I've shot dozens of deer with it at ALL ranges) so there is nothing to look at.

I have never shot the 200 XTP but the 240 does hold together better than a SW....but causes less damage. In my experience. It just doesn't open as far, the petals peel back all the way and you get an opened bullet not a ton wider than it was when you shot it.