ORIGINAL: Raider2000
OK I'll ad one from my 1860 Army Revolver that I've shot yesterday as an expiriment "you guys inspired me."
Gun:
25 year old Pietta 1860 Army steel frame .44
Loading:
30gr. FFFG Goex
Remington #11
Hornady .454 144gr.Ball
Chronograched @ 858fps. = 236ft. lbs.
Please forgive the pictures, they were taken with my camera phone here at work where my dial caliper is.
unfired ball.
Hitting into5 1X6 pine planks @ 20 yards. recovered weight = 130.2gr.
recovered from 9.1" of wet news print "inside a cardboard box" @ 20 yards. recovered weight = 139.8gr.
Yes it's just a round ball but the point is they do expand, maybe not a pretty as the new Gold Dots or what not but they do expand when hit into even relatively soft media & they have been killing Game for a long time..
Yep the RB does expand some, but not the >>>wound channel<<< of a conical or a sabot. I think they also loose energy quickly. If have lost a deer from a PRB at about 20 yards so I switched to saboted Gold Dots in my FL. I don't intend to hunt with them ever again. Thanks for your test.
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