I went out to the rock pit today with the specific purpose of getting some velocities on these new .452 caliber 300 grain HP Gold Dots.

Another thing I learned while in Kennewick, Washington I did find some older .451/300 grain Gold Dots. I was really wondering about them because their published BC was .199 and the published BC for these new ones are .233 - why the big difference? It is all in the tip - it is different - it is still a HP but it is more aerodynamic, maybe that is the difference.

It was 11 degees in the pit this morning but I was detirmined to get those velocities. With 80 grains of t7-3f the highest velocity I got was 1750 the lowest was 1724. With those numbers ran the ballistics and they really look good. Plugging in a 6" kill zone - the sight in would be 2.5 inches high @ 100 yds with a velocity of 1493 and 1484 lbs of energy and @ 200 it is only down 9" with a velocity of 1276 and 1086 lbs of energy.

I really do not know what these long distances are going to do for me because this a Hawkin with open fiber optic sight so my max range for an elk would be 150 yards. But it looks like the bullet is really decent.

Shot a couple of 250 grain Gold Dotsalso MV 1806 and 1812 fps. with 80 grains t7-3f..

Just general information