Post by picklehead on Jul 28, 2014 20:32:29 GMT -5
Doc has been making Ballistic gel and got me wondering about how Berger bullets do.This wasn't a true good test but I filled up a 15 gallon plastic drum with water and layed it long ways.I put two five gal buckets of water behind it.I fired a 105grn Berger VLD .243 bullet out of the 240 weath mag into the center at 100 yards.I drained the water and the bullet was in the 15 gal drum.The bullet only weighed 34.7 grains and the drum had a lot of copper pieces and lead in the bottom.The bullet was almost big as a nickel with the copper jacket pealed back around the boat tail.
I truly don't know what to think of this because the plastic drum is about 1/16 to 1/8 thick and don't know if the hard plastic made the bullet blow up or the water/both.Im sure it was both but you know what im getting at.The hole in the plastic drum was only about 1/32 round.
Since the drum didn't get blowed all to crap,i might figure out a way to just cap the water off and shoot straight into a hole.Saran wrap or something.
Doc has the pics and Blue-Dot in a few if they will post them for me until my dumb butt figures it out.Im kinda impressed other than the bullet didn't retain any weight but then again,who goes around shooting plastic drums of water and that means nothing to a whitetail or whatever kinda game.Barnes,Sierra,Horn,Nosler will be next in differ rifles.The 240 was pushing the 105 at about 3321 fps.
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