ORIGINAL: cascadedad
Have any of you guys tried the PowerPunch 460's?
I was just reading this over and remembered I had brought my calipers home from work to measure the Bullshops. They were a consistent 0.5040" and I do mean consistent. Every one, all the way around, no matter where it was measured. No wonder they shoot so good.
Then I thought about measuring the conicals (PowerPunch 460's) that came with the Ultra Mags. Much to my surprise, right on the package it says .50 (503) caliber. Hmmmm, that's interesting. I measured and they were for the most part 0.5030 but that was on the front rib and back rib only. The inner 3 ribs are more like 0.500" or a little less, but not very consistent. The front and back ribs were not near as consistant as the Bullshop bullets either.
So, based on my experience with the slip fit of the Bullshop bullets (504's) in the Ultra Mag, why in the world would they supply 503's with the gun. I haven't tried it, but I would imagine they would just slide freely in and out of the barrel and I can't believe they would be accurate. Am I missing something???
I've shot only the
Power Punch conicals that came with the rifle when I bought it. They load very easy. In fact fowl the barrel first before shooting them. They still load easy and are very accurate. Also the
Power Star Sabots (I believe they are called). I shot two of them and they shot great. I used 90 grains of Triple Se7en and with the scoped Ultra Mag they touched in the bull at 60 yards. I am kind of saving the rest of them for when we finally get some rain. Then I can safely get over into the hay field and do some long range shooting. Right now its too dry to be shooting over that field.