Coreys custom 260's

MountainDevil54 · 02-04-2011, 03:15 PM

Corey sent me a bunch of his .452" 260gr cast bullets he makes. I tried them out today and really happy he sent them!

Shots 1 and 3 are touching. Shot 2 is the upper right hand shot. The other was an old shot on the bucket from when i was testing the powerbelt aerolites.

I THOUGHT i was shooting 100gr BH209 for this group.

But after getting more loaders with 100gr and shooting this, i knew i had screwed up and was shooting to much powder.
100gr BH209.

Remembering that i originally was going to shoot coreys 405gr .452's i had tubes filled with 80 and 90gr. Now that i knew what my mistake was i went and reloaded 3 tubes with 90gr BH209 and went out to try it. Bingo! Shot #2 is again on the far left. Not sure what thats all about but i'll get it in line.
"upper 3 shots"

I think the sabots were the mmp hph12 but corey will have to speak up on this as im not sure what they were. They loaded very nicely and i was able to start them with my thumb and then ram the bullets home with firm pressure. Kind of like loading a Thor.

cayugad · 02-04-2011, 03:51 PM

nice shooting. made out of wheel weights, they should really get some penetration.

corey012778 · 02-04-2011, 07:01 PM

the sabots I sent ya where the harvester 300+ gr smooth, I bought them for the 405's and the 312's, i did not like how they loaded in my gun, my knight likes loose sabots, but they almost went down by themself

Gotbuck · 02-04-2011, 07:49 PM

Those are some nice looking bullets Corey have you had a chance to connect with a deer with that one? I am sure it would not be standing long.

corey012778 · 02-04-2011, 08:09 PM

just started work with my self. all depends on samples I am getting if use those or not. may end up order an custom mold lol

Gotbuck · 02-04-2011, 08:13 PM

You are on the right warpath those look great. Man Is muzzleloading expensive and addictive?

MountainDevil54 · 02-04-2011, 08:18 PM

I think with soft lead, these would be deadly as hell on game. Even with wheel weight they are deadly, i'd just like some expansion when shooting game.

corey012778 · 02-04-2011, 08:30 PM

not really,

pluckit · 02-05-2011, 02:32 AM

Did you recover any of those bullets? I would like to see one and how it expanded.

Gm54-120 · 02-05-2011, 07:51 AM

Those in a 300gr or with a 20-1 or #2 alloy should be a good performer. Softer lead is a bit more fussy in a sabot and more care needs to be taken when loading them. Soft lead in a sabot also tends to loosen just a tiny bit if its left loaded for long periods.

I prefer a bit of expansion but a good hard cast and a large metaplat will penetrate great on large game but still leave a hell of a wound channel.