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Semisane

Gosh dems beautiful - looks like they retained better than 90% of their weight also... gotta love it...

I still shoot the 250's for deer... although Chap has proved the 300's will work form a flint lock...

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semisane, what power qand how much were u shooting? And, did the lighter ones expand as well?

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Hey Sabotloader, the 250's are fine bullets. If I were sure my shots would be 100 yards or less that's probably what I'd use because they shoot smaller groups for me than the 300s. But, the heavier bullets carry better at longer distances and my groups are still decent - 3" @ 100 yards. Check out this comparision.

Speer Gold Dots at 1750 fps muzzle - 0 at 125 yards.

250 GRAIN 300 GRAIN
Trajectory Energy Trajectory Energy

50 yds. +1.98 1320 +1.73 1708
75 yds.+2.411166+2.121564
100 yds. +1.79 1033 +1.57 1434
125 yds. 0 918 0 1315
150 yds. -3.11 821 -2.67 1209
175 yds. -7.68 742 -6.531112

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Ok, let me restate my question due to poor spelling, lol. How much powder and what kind of powder are you shooting? Also, did the lighter ones expand well? Thanks again, Greg

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Hey GT, It so happens Ishot a target with each on Friday afternoon. All the data you want is on the target. Check 'em out. (If you can't read the notes, let me know and I'll post the data.

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Here are some recovered 250s.

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Thanks a lot. That is just about the same amount of powder and everything I shoot through my knight wolverine. The only difference is the bullet I shoot weighs 220 grains.

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Your statement reminds me of what George Kennedy said in Cool Hand Luke, when they were looking at the girl washing a car next to thechain gang cleaning theside of the road:
"Anything so innocent and built like that just gotta be named Lucille",

so paraphrasingKennedy's saying for that bullet: "anything mushroomed like that just gotta be called Gold Dot! Chap

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If you compare the 250g with the 300, the 250s look like they are very near end of life and ready to break apart, the 300 look together and have done their business perfectly. This was a Nosler Partition taken from a 6pt buck last year, shot in the brisket and it went completely lengthwise thru the deer and was in the off side near the hind quarter under the hide. Look at that mushroom and compare it to the 300 gold dot. I say perfect are the 300g, will the 250g do the job without a doubt, but the 300g are perfect. Chap