anyone try Lapua Naturalis bullet ?

[DAJA]

h ttp://www.lapua.com/en/products/hunting

Curious about this one. Any experience? Results?

Thanks.

 

[bcsteve]

I have never shot any game with them but did test them in my .264 bullet test.

 

[DAJA]

thanks for the pictures bcsteve. Seems like it works as advertised, retaining its weight and excellent expansion.

Can't imagine it wouldn't drop what it hit if placed well. Wondering how it fly's at longer ranges......

 

[todbartell]

can't see the point in using them unless you're hunting close range only. CoEfficient of a manhole cover

Barnes TTSX 120gr & 127gr LRX are better bullets

 

[Boomer]

I bought a box for a pal of mine to use in his .280 Weatherby MK-V Ultralite. He shot a moose in the willows at something like 70 yards, the moose died. I don't recall if his shot was a pass through or not; I suspect it was because he likes to show off the bullets he's collected out of critters and I didn't see that one. He said that the accuracy with these bullets was uninspiring, but that must be considered in the context of a rifle that only shoots 168 gr Bergers passingly well and everything else poorly. I had hoped that the long bearing surface would cause it to shoot better than it did. I keep telling him to let me experiment with a pressure point in the barrel channel, but thus far he hasn't warmed up to the idea. Anyway, the Naturalis appears to be a well designed bullet for heavy game in circumstances where the choice of a round nose is prudent. Once my .280 AI appears, I might be tempted to try them myself, but there are so many very good bullets out there.

 

[DAJA]

can't see the point in using them unless you're hunting close range only. CoEfficient of a manhole cover

Barnes TTSX 120gr & 127gr LRX are better bullets

I think you're correct todbartell. Have read some reviews where it tends to yaw at longer ranges. Maybe it also expands sideways .... lol.

Agree, its hard to beat the Barnes TTSX and the Berger stuff.

 

[DAJA]

I bought a box for a pal of mine to use in his .280 Weatherby MK-V Ultralite. He shot a moose in the willows at something like 70 yards, the moose died. I don't recall if his shot was a pass through or not; I suspect it was because he likes to show off the bullets he's collected out of critters and I didn't see that one. He said that the accuracy with these bullets was uninspiring, but that must be considered in the context of a rifle that only shoots 168 gr Bergers passingly well and everything else poorly. I had hoped that the long bearing surface would cause it to shoot better than it did. I keep telling him to let me experiment with a pressure point in the barrel channel, but thus far he hasn't warmed up to the idea. Anyway, the Naturalis appears to be a well designed bullet for heavy game in circumstances where the choice of a round nose is prudent. Once my .280 AI appears, I might be tempted to try them myself, but there are so many very good bullets out there.

Thanks for the info Boomer.

Recently read a fictional paperback about a US SF sniper in A-Stan who was the first sniper deployed covertly in Iran to take out a Poly. Developed into this crazy story.

Anyway, his preferred .308 bolt action round in the field used the Naturalis bullet. I thought it was a fictional thing. Sometime after reading the book I thought I'd search it and turned out to be a real round, had no idea. Searched some reviews and loads and looks like the real fictional part of the book was the rounds performance.

Does seem like at close range it would be good for the bulldozer effect.