Hardcast on game question.

In our experience, we could not get hardcast bullets to shatter on hard/frozen beef bones...they would shed weight but not shatter as such. When bullets mushroomed in our tests, bullets that used lots of tin out performed bullets hardened by other means. Med. hard cast bullets w/lots of tin would mushroom nicely and retain their weight best, unfortunately tin adds considerably to the cost. Any bullets I make for hunting contain lots of tin as a consequence of these tests. Even when working with a hard alloy such as linotype I add tin as it makes it more maleable(sp?).
 
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Ben, i have read one way to test is to take the bullet, put it on your hard concrete floor in the garage and hammer it with a 5lb sledge. If it breaks its a no go. The ones i have just kind of bend a bit when i do this.
 
Have shot water quenched linotype cast for 45/70 through concrete blocks at 25 yards with no shattering of the bullet....
Unsure if thats 25 bhn but should be pretty close as I believe lino is 22....now we'll need a specialist to determine if bone is more resiliant than concrete blocks to hard cast...

We have a resident cast bullet "bone box" shooter and perhaps he will offer advice..

I wasn't fast enuf ..Ben has done this test..
 
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Win 94....your test is probably as good as any.....the only diff. I noticed is when you do have good expansion....the bullets hold together better with lots of tin. This is diff. than any shattering of the bullet.
 
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