ronlaughlin

shguns sent these 350g Speer Hot-Cor bullets to test. This morning, the load was the 350g bullet, 80g Blackhorn, orange sabot, and W209 primer. Range to the carpet was 25 yard.

Gm54-120

Interesting,...so much for the jacket being bonded.

ronlaughlin

I neglected to mention that the jacket alone weighs 101.9 grain. The photo kinda shows how small the core is compared to the whole bullet.

cayugad

I wonder if some Remington 405 grain .458 that look identical to that bullet are built the same way? I shoot them in an orange Knight Sabot. And while they are accurate, I have never hunted with them. They were one of those ... good deal bullets and wanted to try them in other rifle. I think the bullet I have was made for a 45/70 Government rifle.

That separation of copper jacket and core is very interesting.

Gm54-120

That jacket weight seems very heavy even for a 350gr bullet. I was under the impression Hot-Cor was the rifle version of Uni-Cor. Evidently it is not.

According to Speers website the 458 300gr is listed as Jacketed like the .452 300gr UCSP. I did not realize the 300gr and 350gr 458s were different construction.

super_hunt54

That big ole heavy jacket would have torn some inner cavity tissues like lungs apart! And that core seems to have retained enough weight and shape to have passed through.