45 Elite @ the Farm
06-23-2009 | 08:32 AM
#11
Fork Horn
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Central Texas (Williamson Co.)
RE: 45 Elite @ the Farm
[align=left]Those velocities look pretty respectable to me.
Remember that the XTP is designed for handgun velocities and might fragment excessively at higher velocities...
I had one seperate from the jacket on a close (20 yd)javelina at lower velocities than you're getting (I was only pushing 1400+ fps), but the bullet did hit the shoulder going in.
On one cull-buck, shot at abt 65 yds, the bullet performed perfectly, using the same gun/load. No trailing was necessary...
I use the Harvester sabots and the 200 gn XTP also.
You need to bust a couple of deer with those loads and report back to us in the fall. Even that 80 gn load should kill like a thunderbolt!
HH!
BP
(Recovered from the javelina in two pieces with the help of a Garrett metal detector, stuck the jacket back on)
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Remember that the XTP is designed for handgun velocities and might fragment excessively at higher velocities...
I had one seperate from the jacket on a close (20 yd)javelina at lower velocities than you're getting (I was only pushing 1400+ fps), but the bullet did hit the shoulder going in.
On one cull-buck, shot at abt 65 yds, the bullet performed perfectly, using the same gun/load. No trailing was necessary...
I use the Harvester sabots and the 200 gn XTP also.
You need to bust a couple of deer with those loads and report back to us in the fall. Even that 80 gn load should kill like a thunderbolt!
HH!
BP
(Recovered from the javelina in two pieces with the help of a Garrett metal detector, stuck the jacket back on)
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06-23-2009 | 11:00 AM
#13
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Boone & Crockett
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From: Idaho
RE: 45 Elite @ the Farm
Do not know if this will provide any more information or not...
But here is BH target with velocities shot from the Triumph shooting basically the same bullet...
If you look at these velocities, from a 50, using 110 grains of BH - the velocities listed go right along with the velocities from the 45 shooting a 200 grain bullet
The average velocity with 110 grains of BH and a 200 grain bullet from a 50 is: 2002
The average velocity with 110 grains of T7 and a 200 grain bullet from a 45 is: 2115
The average velocity with 110 grains of T7 and a 200 grain bullet from a 50 is: 1962
But here is BH target with velocities shot from the Triumph shooting basically the same bullet...
If you look at these velocities, from a 50, using 110 grains of BH - the velocities listed go right along with the velocities from the 45 shooting a 200 grain bullet
The average velocity with 110 grains of BH and a 200 grain bullet from a 50 is: 2002
The average velocity with 110 grains of T7 and a 200 grain bullet from a 45 is: 2115
The average velocity with 110 grains of T7 and a 200 grain bullet from a 50 is: 1962
06-23-2009 | 12:05 PM
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Nontypical Buck
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Illinois
RE: 45 Elite @ the Farm
Thanks for the great info! I always wanted to know how fast I was shooting the 200 XTP out of my .45 - I had guessed about 2000 fps, and that's pretty close (for 100 grains T7 FFFG).
I ran the numbers, and if you're sighted in to be 3" high at 100 yards, you'll be about 3" low at 170, and 5" low at 200 yards. At 200 yards, you still have more than 800 foot-pounds of energy. Not bad for a hollow-point pistol bullet.
I can't see that there is a huge velocity advantage shooting a .45 over a .50 from your tests, although the .45 does have a little edge. It'll be interesting to see what happens with BH209.
I ran the numbers, and if you're sighted in to be 3" high at 100 yards, you'll be about 3" low at 170, and 5" low at 200 yards. At 200 yards, you still have more than 800 foot-pounds of energy. Not bad for a hollow-point pistol bullet.
I can't see that there is a huge velocity advantage shooting a .45 over a .50 from your tests, although the .45 does have a little edge. It'll be interesting to see what happens with BH209.
