This morning the Federal 350g Premium bullet was tested. The load was 50g of Blackhorn, W209 primer, and the 350g bullet which uses no sabot. The bullet is very easy to load. Range was 25 yard to test media consisting of carpet, plywood, water jugs, and a phone book stack.















At 25 yard, the bullet was clocked at 1045 fps; it penetrated through the carpet, plywood, 5 jugs, and into the sixth jug where it was found. It weighs 330.5g. The skirt thingy was found on the ground below the horse.

is 50 grains the max load or ?? i just ordered some of the 350's and the 275 gr copper going to try blackhorn for the first time.

Great penetration but it looks like it needs more speed for reliable opening.

Ron, did you look closely at the carpet/plywood to see if that bullet entered straight? The way that bullet is deformed kinda looks like it may have entered at a slight cant. Could be the reason it didn't open up properly. Maybe 50 grains isn't enough to stabilize it out of your rifle. Not knowing what rifle you tested it out of, I'm assuming it was one of your 1:28 twisters and it's just possible that you may need to cook it off a little hotter for proper stabilization. Just a thought.

What distance would it be going 1045fps if you used 100gr of BH?

275 yard...

No it is not a maximum load. Click on the link in the OP, and see a couple of loads Federal provided.

Here is a link to a previous test using the same bullet, but with a powder charge of 80g Blackhorn

The photo show two holes made by the bullet in the face of the plywood, and the back of the carpet. They look nice and round to me. Yes, the bullet was shot from 1:28 barrel.







Yes it probably do, however it did better than the 250g XTP, and the 250g TEZ, when they were pushed by 50g of Blackhorn, and they were traveling about 1200 fps.

Good old lead is still a good all around material to use for bullets.

Maybe the only disadvantage to lead is it's so heavy it's hard to make a long bullet without it getting too heavy.

That top hole is canted Ron. Look close at the 5 o'clock position and you will see what I mean. Bottom hole looked perfect though. I remember the 80gr test you did with absolute perfect results. Only problem was finding those damn bullets! I liked the results from the lead 350's but the copper 270's left me less than impressed if I remember correctly. I figure pushing those 350's with 100gr BH would put the hammer of Thor on these big ole corn fed deer around here! Now to find some!

Try Carlos.