**Huge CGN .264 Bullet Test Result** (lots of pics!)

hoytcanon said:
Thanks for the hard work you did here. I'm surprised that you didn't try the 120 GMX considering how well it did in the .375 testing.
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My .375 test did prompt me to buy two boxes of 120 gr GMX but I couldn’t come up with an accurate load in my Kimber, maybe I’ll try them in my Remington. Either way, next time I do a wet newspaper bullet test, I’ll slip one in for comparison and add it to the test.
 
bcsteve said:
My .375 test did prompt me to buy two boxes of 120 gr GMX but I couldn’t come up with an accurate load in my Kimber, maybe I’ll try them in my Remington. Either way, next time I do a wet newspaper bullet test, I’ll slip one in for comparison and add it to the test.
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I was being a bit self-serving, in that, I have 10 boxes of the 120 GMX for my M77 MKII 6.5X55 and KM77 MKII 260.... lol.
 
Hi Again, guys...!!

After the nice performance of Lapua Mega 156 on paper, i can confirm too the excellent terminal performance on game.

DATA:
Female Red Deer (about 70 kilos)
Shoot distance ~ 60 meters
The bullet exited from animal, so I could found it...
Impact on the lungs, slightly crossed and with downward trajectory. It may seem strange, but it took only two steps and DRT.

LOAD DATA:
CAUTION: Use this load ONLY on new manufactured Rifles (Blaser, Sauer, Tikka and so on .....)

Cartridge: 6.5x55

Brand of bullet: Lapua Mega 155

Real Weight of bullet: 154.96 gr(Average weight across 20 bullets on Balance beam scale)

Brand of brass: Lapua

Brass trimmed to: 54.80 mm

Type of powder: Reload Swiss RS60

Grains of powder: 44.3 gr

Brand, and type of primer: Federal 210 Large Rifle Primers

COL (From Tip to bottom): 76.92 mm

COL (From ogive to bottom, using HORNADY Lock-N-Load Bullet Comparator): 70.06 mm

Bullet @ 0.35 mm off the lands

Velocity: 834 m/s

Rifle: Blaser R93 Professional

Barrel Length: 560 mm (real lenght)

Scope: Zeiss Duralyt 2-8x42

Weather conditions & temp: humidity at 64%, 9 °C


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Thanks to bcsteve... the test has been very helpful to me for make this bullet choice.
 
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I was looking through old reloading threads and found this one. Wow! Incredible work BC Steve! Thank you for the supreme effort, and for reposting the images after the original links were cut. Many years later your work continues to serve the community. So far I have only used my .260 Rem for target shooting paper and steel, but if I ever use it for hunting I have this awesome resource of data to use. Thank you!

And thank you to Quaid for making the table view (pg 32).

And thank you to CGN for making it a sticky so it was easy to find.
 
My hunting partner told me about wet news paper test. At the barnet range in Burnaby BC there was a member who had everyone collecting their game bullets and facts. Wet newspaper test comes close to flesh and bone. Great work BCSteve.
 
downwindtracker2 said:
My hunting partner told me about wet news paper test. At the barnet range in Burnaby BC there was a member who had everyone collecting their game bullets and facts. Wet newspaper test comes close to flesh and bone. Great work BCSteve.
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What comes closer and is almost identical to a shot through a rib or the scapula, is to include a piece 5mm Fir plywood between the pages appx 3cm in.

That's about as close as you're going to get.

If you want to simulate larger bone, along with wet newspaper, such as a shoulder joint shot, go to your local butcher and purchase one of the shoulders he's deboned for stew and hamburger meat. Usually they will just give them to you.
 
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