White Super Safari and Ed's bullets
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White Super Safari and Ed's bullets
The storm that blew in so quickly also blew out quickly, leaving it wet and humid but sunshine. I decided to give the Super safari a go.
Same load, triple 7 powder, #11 cap,.060 veggie wad and Ed's 465 gr bullet. No swabbing between the 3 shots.
75 yard results. Not as good as the Disc but good enough to move back and see what would happen.
I decided that the maximum range if I decided to use this setup for elk, would be 200 yards..I figure I only get 1 shot so I wanted to see what would happen with that 1 shot.
here is my elk
off I go to 200
take the shot then try to see if I could see where it hit through the scope. Couldn't see a hole.
I drove up to the target and looked. here is what I saw
It might look ok but I was shooting for the heart.
the load has good ballistics though as far as retained energy. here is 200 yard info
and I doubt I could hit the side of a barn at 500 yards but if I could it would be with almost 800 fpe left
Same load, triple 7 powder, #11 cap,.060 veggie wad and Ed's 465 gr bullet. No swabbing between the 3 shots.
75 yard results. Not as good as the Disc but good enough to move back and see what would happen.
I decided that the maximum range if I decided to use this setup for elk, would be 200 yards..I figure I only get 1 shot so I wanted to see what would happen with that 1 shot.
here is my elk
off I go to 200
take the shot then try to see if I could see where it hit through the scope. Couldn't see a hole.
I drove up to the target and looked. here is what I saw
It might look ok but I was shooting for the heart.
the load has good ballistics though as far as retained energy. here is 200 yard info
and I doubt I could hit the side of a barn at 500 yards but if I could it would be with almost 800 fpe left
Last edited by 1874sharpsshooter; 09-04-2016 at 09:08 PM.
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Chet, how hard are Ed's bullets? Reason I ask, with that shot, if the bullets are a little on the softer side of the scale, an Elk would have been pretty much anchored there. Top of the heart would have probably sustained significant trauma and the lung would have been jello.
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Chet, how hard are Ed's bullets? Reason I ask, with that shot, if the bullets are a little on the softer side of the scale, an Elk would have been pretty much anchored there. Top of the heart would have probably sustained significant trauma and the lung would have been jello.
But like i said i am only guessing
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I make my .45's for my colt right at 8 which is a little on the stiff side. Enough to reduce leading but still soft enough to expand a good bit at pistol velocities on hogs. If those are between 5-8 then if you hit an Elk in that target area, you could pretty much bet your bottom dollar it wouldn't go much of anywhere.
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Chet, how hard are Ed's bullets? Reason I ask, with that shot, if the bullets are a little on the softer side of the scale, an Elk would have been pretty much anchored there. Top of the heart would have probably sustained significant trauma and the lung would have been jello.
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