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Old 06-11-2015 | 06:49 AM
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The question was asked about what this bullet will do at 200 yards. I had done a test last year with the OLD bullets at 100 and 200 yards, out of my CVA MR with 110 gr of BH 209 into water jugs, at 100 yards they opened up as they are supposed to, at 200 yards they did not. The one to the right was at 100 yards, and the 2 to the left was at 200 yards, the one to the left went thru 5 water jugs, the one next to it went thru 5 water jugs and a 1/2 inch partical board.

Last weekend 3 of my friends and I went to test these out again with 2 different packs, with 2 different lot numbers.
The 200 yard test was the only one we did,

The 2 to the left was with 110 gr of BH 209, they went thru 5 water jugs and into my 6x6 wood back stop that I was using, the holes below them was from the other bullets with 120 gr of powder and thru 6 water jugs, that is the 3 bullets to the right.
I used 7 of these bullets bullets for the 200 yard water jug test, 2 of them we did not find.
I know this is not a great test, I enjoy seeing what the bullets look like and what they may look like after hitting the animal you are shooting, because with me, I very seldom recover a bullet that I have shot a deer with.
As far as how accurate these bullets are, I used 7 bullets for the test at 200 yards, so as far as I CARE they are still a very accurate bullet out to 200 yards. And these were shot out of my CVA ACCURA MR as was the first test.
Dave
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