Bloodline performance at lower price!!
 

Found a great deal on some bullets :)

https://www.lehighdefense.com/collec...nt=36101510216

https://www.lehighdefense.com/collec...nt=36101278728

https://www.lehighdefense.com/collec...nt=28146206856

Not bad looking bullets. I just might give that 265 a try someday.

No one else commenting on this. Maybe because it is very close to advertising a product.

Nothing to comment on. Those who like the concept have a cheaper option. Pretty simple

I'm kind of stuck on the Barnes T-EZ. I buy in bulk $42 for 50.

Lehigh are interesting and i'd like to try them someday.

Barnes no longer offers bulk pricing according to 2 dealers who used to get them in bulk.

Hey that's cool. I guess they are happy with the performance in testing! Hopefully some reports on live game soon...

Just got mine today from Carlos.

I don't buy in bulk Pete but I do use them in my Accura with real good results for my intentions. I try to keep my shots within 100 yards but I have killed deer farther with them.

I wanted a bullet I knew would hold together for bear. I stalk and shots probably won't be long.

I know the Lehigh is designed to break off the petals and then the rest to penetrate. I'm undecided if that is better than having the Barnes stay together and have the expanded size and weight to penetrate and make a wide wound channel? I don't know which is better at stopping a bear?

Actually Pete the Bloodline produces a larger longer wound channel than does the Barnes

I guess that may depend on the bear's attitude and distance at the time.

That's impressive Mike. I wish I had seen that before.

What weight T-EZ are shooting?


This is the ballistic print out for the 452x240 CF-HP. The energy numbers are really impressive...

I'm using the Barnes 250gr. I have 2 lbs of Swiss 2F and i'm going to use that up. It's close to equal to T7 2f in power. I was thinking 100gr.

The 265 Harvested between 19 and 21 Deer last year. That was with four different hunters me included. The ranges were from 30 to 175 yards. Almost positive only one Deer moved 5 steps or so dead.

There are no issues at all with these HP bullets. We are having issues getting the tips to work effectively and as of now tips arent an option.

Swiss is a great powder and you know how to use it - so you should be good to go. 100 grains is going to naturally reduce the velocity/energy numbers some form the sheet that I posted but again experience makes up for all of that... Good luck in your hunt...

Tanks. :D


.....

Muley Hunter, to extend upon Sabot Loaders explanation a little, from what I have gathered on the Bloodlines and Lehighs from the old man and my sisters usage, when the petals shed, there isn't really that much weight loss. I'm guessing less than 25 percent overall. That is leaving a pretty good chunk of brass or copper to punch through the animal. And those petals do some serious damage internally. They were using the 220 grain Lehighs and at a little over 200 yards Alex's buck, which was a very large bodied old bruiser, only took a few steps. I really don't think you will have any problems bringing down a black bear quickly with a 265 grain bloodline. So far, the only saboted bullet I can get to shoot worth a damn out of one of my sidelocks is the XTP. Never tried one of those bloodlines or lehighs yet though. If I can get them to shoot right out of it I will most definitely be a convert. They are an impressive bullet. Never been one to get into inlines all that much or I'd pick up the old mans Thompson center and use it. Though that smokeless demon spawn of his has me seriously impressed.

Of the three new Lehigh copper bullets the only one that is short enough to shoot from a 1-48 twist is the new 451x230 CF-HP. It really is a quality bullet.


I made a quick trip to the farm a few days ago to try them out. I was shooting one of old favorites that I have totally ignored for several years, a TC Renegade. The 230's shot extremely well and the ballistics were out of site.







I really thought this would be a good rifle to use for test the 230's ability to shoot from a 1-48 twist.
Got to the rock pit and set up my work area on the tail gate of the pick up... and the chrono set out in front of the bench.




This ballistic sheet was computed using a 120 grains of BH - I have not ran one using 100 grains of T7 with a muzzle velocity of 1950







This is a 75 yard target which I thought was really good for me and my eyes with open sights... #4 was me - I forget sometimes when I use the set trigger. The average velocity created by the T7-3f - 100 grain load was 1951 fps.

I'm using a new Accura MR nitride I bought. I'm sure I can get the bullets to work good.

If you're wondering. My bum back can't hold up the heavy sidelock barrels anymore. Plus, instead of two rear sights that I was seeing. Now I see three. No options left but a scoped inline. Better than not hunting.

Sabot Loader, That is the rifle I intend on trying them in. Of the several sidelocks I own, that renegade is the only one of them that will shoot a saboted bullet within 1 and a half inch grouping. My dads old Hawken had a Green Mountain barrel with 1:28 twist so it is a sabot shooting machine. But since I have several sidelocks I gave that one to Brandon along with his double rifles and black powder cartridge rifles.
Muley Hunter, I am beginning to have the same problem with open sites myself. Had to go to aperture sites a year or so ago and even those are getting a little difficult to focus on. The old man had to go to scopes around my age and it seems my poor eyes are following his. Sorry to hear about your back troubles. Years of football pretty much did my knees in and I'm sure the back will follow along suit. Stupid game.

Well, it's not so bad. At least we have an option to keep us hunting.

More power to you Muley! One reason I kind of went scoped with a number of rifles and had to really limit my distance with open sighted rifles. My eyes were "fixed" they claim but open sights get fuzzy in spots.

I have sure read good things about that Accura. That is the upgrade of the Optima is it not? And I like my Optima. Good luck hunting.

And here I thought you were giving up on hunting and sticking to fly fishing? IMO though I think hunting is easier on the back. My back would hurt so bad after several hours on a stream with my "bug rod".
I'm already planning on how to camo a walker for hunting..:eek2:

I've gotten hurt so many times falling in rocky rivers I lost count. I never fall down hunting and if I did is would be soft dirt. Not those blasted river boulders.

I fly fish from the bank now. :D


I really tried to retire from hunting. I couldn't do it. It seemed my life had ended and I had nothing to look forward to. I feel alive again now. I have goals again.


Sorry.........We got off topic. Back to the bullets.

Thats good news Muley. I always look forward to hunting. Probably more so then ever.

We don't realize how much we love something until we think we're going to lose it.

I always knew hunting was important to me, but didn't realize how much.

The killing has nothing to do with it either. It's just being out there doing it that's important.

AMEN! to that

Amen to that! The killing to me is the least part of the experience. I pass up game so much that I could harvest. To me, I just enjoy being out there... but I do take my fair share. I've just become much more selective based on what and where I'm hunting, and whether or not I have time to take care of it after the shot.

Nothing beats just being out there enjoying God's creations, especially on a beautiful fall day :biggrin: