Originally Posted by
cayugad
Very interesting test. If you had to guess, at 90 grains, what would be the velocity? Also are you certain at the lower charges that the bullet will or would preform as expected? I ask of course because my Optima loves 90 grains of Black Horn. I think even though its .40 caliber it would be an excellent bullet for deer in the hardwoods and fields around here.
As for #3 in your first group ... don't that just make your day.
No #3 sucks! I hate it but I shot it and I gotta show it...
Approximated velocities
90 grains T7 - 1950 fps
90 grains BH - 1875 fps
The bullet is designed to work at 800 FPS and whenever Lehigh gives any numbers he always tries to be on the conservative side. So in real life I would think some where are around 6/700 fps.
Because of the high BC (.330) the bullet retains energy and FPS much longer than any of the other Lehigh - Bloodline bullets...
Shooting a 120 grain charge of BH - the muzzle velocity will 2090 with 2085 #'s of energy and at 225 yards the velocity will 1614 fps and still has 1243 #'s of energy.
Maybe I am just easily bitten - but for a ML bullet it seems dang good to me...
I am hoping early next week to do a medium test where I shoot the bullet through 2 wood 2x6 blocks a gallon milk jug on its side filled with a mixture that approximates the consistency of the vitals and then out through 3 wood 2x6 blocks. I use 80 yards as the test range as most of my deer harvest are probably in that range.