thebrassnuckles wrote:I'm no expert, and I didn't sleep at a holiday in last night, but the factory offerings for the 450 are 275 grains and they are cooking along at around 2200 fps (if I recall correctly). I am assuming this bullet, since it is a .452 bullet, is designed to expand at a much lower velocity than a rifle bullet and judging by the shape of the nose it's not designed to move as fast as our 450 can send it. It should be difficult to load it slow enough to not expand. Anyways, who needs expansion when you are chucking rock downrange that weigh 300 grains?[/b]
If I had the funds and the time and space I might have to checksome of these out.
Knuckles, I believe we are thinking alike, in that I don't need expansion, in fact expansion limits penetration and after the initial expansion the bullet can travel in any direction, including right back out the entrance hole, as the scare on my cheek attests. If the expansion/penetration does not take it into the vitals, recovery might be problematic.
Consider: We have a bullet, that is bigger in diameter than a 30cal Mag gets after expansion. If one were to use a flat point, tissue disruption is far greater than the expanded 30cal and if that bullet is an FMJ or of a none expandable type, we get penetration that even a expanded 375cal does not get and we out "KILL" that 375 (Even the 230gr RN-FMJ's @ 2500fps+ do more total tissue damage, over the length of the wound channel, than an "Expanded" 30-338-375 calibers can ever do).
I'm about ready with the Range Lab to verify these results from field observations. We are almost on-line with the electronics to be able to answer any question, from primer strike to 200yds () and everything in between) and this "Imperialistically" as opposed to the Subjections we are so used to. My Kill Bullet and the 325gr Barnes Buster is at the top of the list, and then all manor of questions will be answered and I bet Knuckles here will have a bunch of them..t