5300 FPS, a mile a second.

[John Gryphon]

Not that it would make a mile

 

[jb1]

Just a little faster than a !7 Remington then (ive had 4900fps) , which would have been a better comparison than the HMR

 

[Muir]

Wow. If i ever take up hunting steel plates or ballistic gel ill give it a test. -Muir

 

[Triggermortis]

Don’t believe it myself, can’t be true , nothing does it better than a crudmoor .

 

[User00056]

I used to know a bloke who was having a rifle built in 5-35-SMc. He was chasing 5000-odd fps too.

My own suspicion is that his bones are lying in some field with his bolt through his forehead

 

[jb1]

I used to know a bloke who was having a rifle built in 5-35-SMc. He was chasing 5000-odd fps too.

My own suspicion is that his bones are lying in some field with his bolt through his forehead

I think its a big thing in USA to create wildcats capable of silly speeds, 5k being a target, my 4900 was an accident reloading using a rogue nosler custom case in a load of Remington brass.

 

[Triggermortis]

Many moons ago I was shown a rifle by a gunsmith that he’d built just to see if he could, it was a 22-270, I recon that’d be shooting a little on the rapid side, anyone have one?
Triggermortis

 

[frank123]

Almost as fast as my 17rem

 

[25 Sharps]

I used to know a bloke who was having a rifle built in 5-35-SMc. He was chasing 5000-odd fps too.

My own suspicion is that his bones are lying in some field with his bolt through his forehead

That cartridge was designed to do it, I was offered one recently and very nearly bought it, but limited funds and the fact I’d likely have to get rid of my .223 AI to justify it swayed me.

 

[John Gryphon]

That cartridge was designed to do it, I was offered one recently and very nearly bought it, but limited funds and the fact I’d likely have to get rid of my .223 AI to justify it swayed me.

What wouldyou use it for?

 

[25 Sharps]

What wouldyou use it for?

Fox and long range vermin, already have 4 rifles conditioned for fox and 6 or so for vermin, could push my luck but not one I could really argue.

 

[Triggermortis]

What wouldyou use it for?

Impressing people who don’t recognise the next fad in calibres when it on its way?

 

[John Gryphon]

Impressing people who don’t recognise the next fad in calibres when it on its way?

Will you be impressed? I won`t be ha ha.

Remember the new fad WSM`s that were gonna take over......fizzle!

 

[User00056]

I was shown a rifle by a gunsmith that he’d built just to see if he could, it was a 22-270

I see your 22-270.

And raise you...

 

[John Gryphon]

And raise you..

in reality you would have to have it in a howitzer chamber to fire it,

 

[Triggermortis]

So anyway,anyone care to guess how much deader a fox is when shot with a head traveling at 5000fps as opposed to one shot with one of my .222’s?
By my reckoning all you end up with is 2000fps of waste gunpowder, if I thought I needed a rifle capable of vaporising a fox I’d give up shooting them.

 

[User00056]

if I thought I needed a rifle capable of vaporising a fox I’d give up shooting them.

I think a couple of raindrops or a few blades of grass would vapourise that bullet long before the fox was actually in danger

 

[User00056]

So anyway,anyone care to guess how much deader a fox is when shot with a head traveling at 5000fps as opposed to one shot with one of my .222’s?
By my reckoning all you end up with is 2000fps of waste gunpowder, if I thought I needed a rifle capable of vaporising a fox I’d give up shooting them.

I don't think it was really intended for foxing as we know it. It was more a varmint round for small, fast-moving quarry such as prairie dogs at greater ranges

 

[tackb]

sure i read somewhere that a bit over 5000 fps was the max possible with current propellants due to the expansion speed ?

 

[John Gryphon]

sure i read somewhere that a bit over 5000 fps was the max possible with current propellants due to the expansion speed ?

We read about these so called 12,000 mph missiles that vlad or whoever has....porkies?