Smellydog
Well-Known Member
Big big thanks to @palmer_mike who kindly sent me a box full of Barnes 110gn ttsx .308" intended for ACC blackout.
All I can say is wow!
First off I pulled the plastic. Also checked col to groove.
To long by a fat gnats organ, wouldn't cycle.
Next was see if Hogdens gave data for cfe223 and 110gn bullets. They don't but do for blc2 which I always thought is similar to cfe223 and sure enough cfe223 is just two spaces slower on the chart so I dumped listed max in the 4 prepared cases, 39gn and then seated the bullets to max length to which they were happy to cycle in the action and a firm crimp was also added all be it not in the groove.
I hastely grabbed some card to make a target and rushed out to test them as the sun was dropping quickly.
At the first shot I thought crickey, that sounds like my old 308! That was 20" barreled and burning just 11gn more than this 24" barreled 3030 so I guess it was going to sound louder than normal!
Anyway it shot low and I wasn't surprised because they were obviously out of the barrel sooner!
Shot #2 was also down low and close to the first.
It was shot #3 that all hell broke loose. The target exploded with confetti everywhere!
At first I thought these bullets are nasty but it soon dawned on me the bullet had hit dirt just at the bottom of the card and exploded destroying the target,,,
bugger.
I did find a shard of bullet though.
Would I like a piece of that in my gut by accidentally injesting it instead of lead? No way!
Anyway, I had one round left so I turned the card around and shot at a 1&1/2" circle only I used the lower reticle post to give some elevation and there it was.
These seem so much more promising than the Hornady monoflex I tried last summer. I was going to try them on deer last winter but could not bring myself to do it due to finding in tact bullets with no expansion during testing.
Hardly humane so because I think more of the animals than I do bureaucrats....
The four leg things are definitely a boon to testing? So all is not lost if I do give up on them in the field.
Thanks once more Mike
, I think these will work.
All I can say is wow!
First off I pulled the plastic. Also checked col to groove.
To long by a fat gnats organ, wouldn't cycle.
Next was see if Hogdens gave data for cfe223 and 110gn bullets. They don't but do for blc2 which I always thought is similar to cfe223 and sure enough cfe223 is just two spaces slower on the chart so I dumped listed max in the 4 prepared cases, 39gn and then seated the bullets to max length to which they were happy to cycle in the action and a firm crimp was also added all be it not in the groove.
I hastely grabbed some card to make a target and rushed out to test them as the sun was dropping quickly.
At the first shot I thought crickey, that sounds like my old 308! That was 20" barreled and burning just 11gn more than this 24" barreled 3030 so I guess it was going to sound louder than normal!
Anyway it shot low and I wasn't surprised because they were obviously out of the barrel sooner!
Shot #2 was also down low and close to the first.
It was shot #3 that all hell broke loose. The target exploded with confetti everywhere!
At first I thought these bullets are nasty but it soon dawned on me the bullet had hit dirt just at the bottom of the card and exploded destroying the target,,,
bugger.I did find a shard of bullet though.
Would I like a piece of that in my gut by accidentally injesting it instead of lead? No way!
Anyway, I had one round left so I turned the card around and shot at a 1&1/2" circle only I used the lower reticle post to give some elevation and there it was.
These seem so much more promising than the Hornady monoflex I tried last summer. I was going to try them on deer last winter but could not bring myself to do it due to finding in tact bullets with no expansion during testing.
Hardly humane so because I think more of the animals than I do bureaucrats....
The four leg things are definitely a boon to testing? So all is not lost if I do give up on them in the field.
Thanks once more Mike
, I think these will work.
