ORIGINAL: gleason.chapman
ORIGINAL: Chasam60
As Sabot loader stated,the Nosler 260 partition will expand on meat (as will the Gold Dot and the Barnes Expander.)
Bingo. Folks may want to read this article on Terminal Sectional Density:
http://www.snipersparadise.com/tsmag/July03/july03.htm
http://www.the-gleasons.com/TSD%20Wound%20Chart-MZ.htm
You can see that the Nosler Partition and the Barnes MZ are close to each other in Penetration depth.
Check out the formula for SD and TSD and see how meplat figures into it. Note that a fragmenting bullet has a near zero final weight, so making TSD very small for this type of bullet. Note that the Copper Magnum Black Belt is sold today asa PB.
Chap
Please note this quote in Al Marion's article, which was what I was saying on another thread about "pancaking" or long shanks are a thing of beauty.
Chap
