View Full Version : Lapua subsonic .30 cal 200 grain FMJ?
Scollins
07-28-2006, 07:14 PM
I saw this at Midway USA, but I can't find much if any info about the bullet:
Lapua Subsonic Bullets 30 Caliber (308 Diameter) 200 Grain Full Metal Jacket Boat Tail Box of 100 (http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=381996)
Anyone here try these? I've been using the 240 SMKs, but these looked interesting.
Bigfoot
07-28-2006, 09:44 PM
"Lapua offers a subsonic 200 grain jacketed, rebated boat-tail, spitzer bullet that seems to defy all logic and subsonic knowledge. Uncoated an unlubricated it never sticks in a dirty bore. A stability factor of only 1.36 suggests it shouldn't stabilise from anything less than a 1:8 twist yet it works just fine in the more common 1:10 twist. The only issue with this bullet is its minimal terminal performance. This thing will penetrate about 26 inches in wet paper and come out in good enough shape to be reloaded and used again."
"Expansion is the most difficult task for subsonics. The Lapua subsonic bullet appears to have a very thin guilding jacket, giving it the potential to deform more easily on impact. It doesn't expand but can bend and flatten depending on what it hits. FMJ-BT designs do not deform."
http://members.shaw.ca/cronhelm/SubsonicBullet.html
geichal
08-01-2006, 01:24 PM
I've played with them, they work very well SS with a nice soft shooting charge of 3031 under them. I'll have to look up the exact charge. They are less loud then my .22 with this load (no can).
geichal
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