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.

 

[RedTeam98]

Just a quick update everyone. I just finished loading up the projectiles for round 3. Femurs are on order at my butcher so this will happen as soon as they are ready.

These are all .308 again, from my 300WSM.

200gr Speer Spire Point
200gr Sierra BTSP
190gr Hornady BTSP
180gr Sierra Deep Curl
180gr Nosler Partition
180gr Nosler Partition Protected Point
180gr Speer Grand Slam
175gr Barnes LRX
168gr Barnes TSX
165gr Speer Grand Slam
155gr Lapua Scenar
130gr Barnes TTSX

Also testing the .375 250gr Barnes TTSX

Killed enough of moose with the Speer 200gr SP in the 300 Win Mag works very well !