Bullet performance data base

[TStone]

Caliber: 6.5x55
Bullet: 140gr Hornady A-max
MV: 2600fps
Range: 270m
Blesbuck ram - Angling towards shot. Entry on shoulder, bullet recovered under skin, behind opposite ribcage.
Retained weight: 122gr (87%)

[Kudustalker]

Went hunting last week and took a big Bluewildebeest Bull, the horns and skull of which I'm currently trying to prepare for a mount. Anyway I used 180gr PMP ProAmm's, in my Sako .308 Win, shot at 2292 fps. The bull was walking at a distance of about 60 meters. I unfortunately only have a balance beam scale and can therefore not workout the weight retention.

Good shot placement ;)


IMO very nice shape


And good increase in Diameter

[snymancm]

1. .72 caliber muzzle loader
2. 770 gr Lead cast conical Game Stalkers
3. 86% retention
4. 1250 fps
5. 50 meters
6. Blue Wildebeest
Attachment 23683

[TStone]

A 150gr Hornady Interbond BTSP fired from a .308 Winchester into a young eland bull (218kg) dressed weight. The recovered bullet (actually just part of the core) weigh 70gr (46.6%).

Seeing that Fishman shot the eland, his first, he can supply the rest of the detail.

[fkritzinger]

1 ) 6.5x55 Swede
2 ) Nosler Ballistic Tip Hunting 140gr, 97.9gr left, that's about 69.9% weight retained
3 ) 2400fps
4 ) +/-200m
5 ) Huge Blesbuck ram - Animal was quartering away VERY MUCH. Shot entered about midway between start of the ribs and the back leg. Bullet was recovered just under the skin on opposite side on the shoulder. It busted a rib bone before stopping.

[.264]

What more can you ask for? the bullet did what it had to.

[Againstthegrains]

Hornady V-max 32 grain .204 Ruger MV 3800ft/sec
Shot a springbok in the head at 100m. It dropped like a stone.
No exit wound. This was the biggest of multiple bullet fragments that were recovered.
Weight retention was virtually zero, but for this application, it doesn't matter. For headshots on smaller animals the bullet does exactly what it was designed to do.

[steph350]

i would really like to try those sciroccos 165gr in my 308.. they are just so damn expensive @ R 1300 per 100.. i've taken the fact that i cant get interbond as a sign that i should go back to cup and core.. interlocks.

[Marshie]

1 ) 30-06
2 ) GS Custom 150gr HV; haven't checked retention yet
3 ) 2975fps
4 ) 185m
5 ) Kudu

[steph350]

that gs custom looks fantastic. unfortunately gerry is focused on international market now. the availability becomes a pain in the ass. or actually the waiting period.