180 Grain 40 caliber Gold Dot
08-14-2015, 12:48 PM
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180 Grain 40 caliber Gold Dot
Another bullet Scott sent is this one, which was shot into the standard carpet, shelf, jug set this morning. Load was 80g Blackhorn. Range was 25 yard.
The photo show the front jug. First photo shows the jug airborne about 0.85 second after bullet impact. The second photo reveals the condition of the jug after bullet impact.
The smaller piece of the bullet was found inside the third jug, The main piece of the bullet went through the third jug, and bounced off the fourth jug without damaging it. It required searching with the metal detector to find it, and was located beside the horse hidden in the grass. The fourth and fifth jugs were reused for the next test. The main bullet weighs 103 grain. The smaller piece weighs 18.6 grain.
The photo show the front jug. First photo shows the jug airborne about 0.85 second after bullet impact. The second photo reveals the condition of the jug after bullet impact.
The smaller piece of the bullet was found inside the third jug, The main piece of the bullet went through the third jug, and bounced off the fourth jug without damaging it. It required searching with the metal detector to find it, and was located beside the horse hidden in the grass. The fourth and fifth jugs were reused for the next test. The main bullet weighs 103 grain. The smaller piece weighs 18.6 grain.
08-15-2015, 04:25 AM
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This lightweight Gold Dot bullet must be designed differently than a much heavier 250 gr. Deep Curl, which did noticeably worse on this same test and often-times noted here as being basically the same bullet. To make matters even more head-scratching, the 250 is a bonded bullet.
Last edited by Triple Se7en; 08-15-2015 at 04:28 AM.
08-15-2015, 05:20 AM
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So if I sit for three minutes, then get up to the exact spot where I shot that deer, instead of finding a blood trail, I should look for Deep Curl fragments all over the ground??.... since so much of that heavier bullet never entered the 2nd jug?
These two tests tell me my shot deer hot-footed away injured, has a better chance of awarding me a blood trail with the lighter bullet. Unless you believe all those lacerations created by the the high & mighty Niagara Falls-like splash, turns that bullet into a Bloodline?
C'mon, we both know better than that.
These two tests tell me my shot deer hot-footed away injured, has a better chance of awarding me a blood trail with the lighter bullet. Unless you believe all those lacerations created by the the high & mighty Niagara Falls-like splash, turns that bullet into a Bloodline?
C'mon, we both know better than that.
08-16-2015, 03:51 AM
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This lightweight Gold Dot bullet must be designed differently than a much heavier 250 gr. Deep Curl, which did noticeably worse on this same test and often-times noted here as being basically the same bullet. To make matters even more head-scratching, the 250 is a bonded bullet.