Lehigh Defense working on tipped ML bullets
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That is some amazing groups there. And I am sure if that bullet came out of Leigh it will perform very well on game. But that is really pushing a bullet Grouse. What do you suspect/think the velocity of that round is? That has to be well into center fire type of velocities with (as many tend to forget) a much larger diameter bullet to begin with.
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Well, the bullet is accurate. No doubts there. At least for you and at those speeds. I'm still dubious about terminal performance. I went back through some posts, a lot of them, and found where Ronlaughlin tested some of those Lehighs that were tipped with the polymer tips and the terminal performance was spotty at best. Even saw a couple of bullets that the man could have loaded back in his rifle and shot them again. I hope I am wrong here because they look to be a fantastically accurate bullet which is much needed in the front stuffers world. Just not that many really good high ballistic coefficient bullets out there for us smoke pole shooters. The ones that are have pretty horrible terminal performance. It would be a breath of fresh air to have a high performance bullet that will also have high terminal performance.
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Good info Grouse, thanks
Well they certainly fit that bill without the tips, but as you stated time will tell if they can make them with tips that keep the terminal performance at high level. For me personally, I'm not so much worried about the tips... they are very accurate for me without them even using only 100gr BH. At distances up to my current max for hunting (200) I really don't need a huge improvement in BC. Certainly would be nice if/when they do get it all ironed out.
Will be interested in seeing Ron's testing on the tipped version.
Well, the bullet is accurate. No doubts there. At least for you and at those speeds. I'm still dubious about terminal performance. I went back through some posts, a lot of them, and found where Ronlaughlin tested some of those Lehighs that were tipped with the polymer tips and the terminal performance was spotty at best. Even saw a couple of bullets that the man could have loaded back in his rifle and shot them again. I hope I am wrong here because they look to be a fantastically accurate bullet which is much needed in the front stuffers world. Just not that many really good high ballistic coefficient bullets out there for us smoke pole shooters. The ones that are have pretty horrible terminal performance. It would be a breath of fresh air to have a high performance bullet that will also have high terminal performance.
Will be interested in seeing Ron's testing on the tipped version.