Anyone try Cutting Edge Raptor bullets?
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I guy in Toronto sells them. Pretty expensive but if your willing to spend then try them out and report
I used them in the .458 Win Mag for about 40 buffalo, and some portion of 30 pigs. Some other stuff too. What I found was that at close range thick skinned game they worked as well as TSXs, and probably a bit better. Stretch the range out and they slow down at a rate that staggers the imagination. Don't even think about shooting through brush with them, brush eats them alive. On balance I think Im better off with good lead based bullets. On the pigs it didn't make much difference what I used, but then again I was using a .458.
I've got very limited experience with .235 ESP Raptors in .375. My interest in them was that they basically match the trajectory of a .300 Win out to 500 yards and opens up a lot of possibilities for a one gun/load for everything scenario. Early impressions are limited to whitetail and blackbear. All I can say for sure at this point is that I've never seen animals bleed so much in my life. A little black bear looked like a blood volcano had erupted.
I have found them to be very easy to work up a load for. So far it hasn't involved much more than finding maximum, then loading 10 to see what they do. A curious observation is that the CEBs will take the copper fouling left by other bullets out of the barrel in a few shots. I'd love to know the mechanism involved there.
I've got very limited experience with .235 ESP Raptors in .375. My interest in them was that they basically match the trajectory of a .300 Win out to 500 yards and opens up a lot of possibilities for a one gun/load for everything scenario. Early impressions are limited to whitetail and blackbear. All I can say for sure at this point is that I've never seen animals bleed so much in my life. A little black bear looked like a blood volcano had erupted.
I have found them to be very easy to work up a load for. So far it hasn't involved much more than finding maximum, then loading 10 to see what they do. A curious observation is that the CEBs will take the copper fouling left by other bullets out of the barrel in a few shots. I'd love to know the mechanism involved there.
I bought off the EE some of the .375 cal 235gr Raptors figured they would work in my 375JDJ @ appr 2400fps didn't work out though they have this step that makes it so you have to insert the bullet a long way into the case making it impossible to use them in my short 375JDJ case.
I'm now stuck with using them in my 375H&H I put out a lot of money for an application/bullet that will not work for me due to this step basically I wouldn't have bought them for my H&H or RUM I would have just bought one of many other great bullets that are far less expensive.
I'm now stuck with using them in my 375H&H I put out a lot of money for an application/bullet that will not work for me due to this step basically I wouldn't have bought them for my H&H or RUM I would have just bought one of many other great bullets that are far less expensive.
