85g T7, 245g shockwaves, ballistics?
 

Can anyone give me the ballistics at 100 and 150 yards for 85g of T7 and 245g TC shockwaves out of a TC stainless Omega? Thanks!

RE: 85g T7, 245g shockwaves, ballistics?
 

As close as I can figure using .161 as a BC and 1600 fps as speed at muzzle. If you are sighted dead on at 100 yards, at 50 yards youwould be approximately 1.4" high with 1412 fps and 1085 energy. At 100 yards you are dead on with 854 energy. At 150 yards you are -7" low and dropped in speed to 1128 with an energy of 692. At 200 yards, you are now -20.8" low and the energy has dropped to 586.

Your shot placement is more critical then anything else. If you can punch a hole in the right spot you should be all right out to 150 yards...

RE: 85g T7, 245g shockwaves, ballistics?
 

I'm surprised at the low speed and energy figures... I was always under the impression that when you get under 1000 lbs. energy, the effectiveness as a deer round was not good. Since I plan on hunting whitetail with my ML, I guess I need to work up a faster load?? ( I expect to be making shots in the 80 - 150 yd range).

RE: 85g T7, 245g shockwaves, ballistics?
 

I could be wrong but I was always under the impression that the magic number if you will was 600 for whitetail deer and 1000 for elk. Also I shoot the same powerbelt, but always considered it a 100 yard and under projectile only because of personal preference. If I wanted to shoot longer distances I would go to a sabot load.

Actually I think people need to concern themselves more with shot placement. I remember reading a post of a person killing a moose with 80 grains of Pyrodex and a patched roundball in .54 caliber which would be 228 grain I believe at a distance of 160+ yards. The ball penetrated the moose and lodged in or passed through (I forget) the animal's heart. Again, shot placement. This was done with a T/C Renegade sidelock.

RE: 85g T7, 245g shockwaves, ballistics?
 

In the case of muzzleloading bullets that need to expand to be relatively lethal, the magic number is usually 1,000 fps minimum. From what I have seen so far with the Shockwaves, I would expect this to be the case with this bullet.