30 cal bullet test, cow femurs and lots of newspaper Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part4 added

[sharp shooter]

i am really shocked at the 11'' penetration of the .375 260grain NAB?! I thought it would have penetrated much deeper.

 

[kman300]

Part 5 added.

 

[medvedqc]

Kman300,

thank you for posting it.

surprised by the 220 grains nosler partition i was really expecting better ... maybe the speed was a little too high.
the result was better with the 200 partition one.

the Core lockt taken from a 220 grain 30-06 is not that bad on penetration but again the speed but good indication.


again thanks for your work and time.

Phil

 

[ruger22]

The accubond and partition impress me in these tests. Seems the Barnes tsx is not perfect, but most likely awesome for dangerous or huge African game.

Agreed Cleft

 

[Big Uke]

Thanks for posting the results of all this work. I appreciate all the time and effort that went into this investigation.
Kudos.

 

[hunter7mmRM]

Let me know If you ever need a .308 190grain accubond long range! Appreciate the effort to do these tests!

 

[hunter7mmRM]

Bump for those that appreciate the effort by OP to do testing and to provide his results!

 

[Techball]

This is amazing work, great contribution to us newbies that are just starting to reload. I’m glad I picked up some 165gr Trophy Bonded Tip as a general deer to elk round!

 

[Buck1950]

Just a note here - since PhotoButt screwed up and all the pics are "Lost" - can the pics be re-posted or has the OP lost them ? The data is great but it would be nice to see the recovered bullets, too. I'm assuming that's what some of the missing pics showed.