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Originally Posted by Bulletsmith
Thanks guys,thats the info I was looking for.Now when you say we need expansion,are you saying you want a nice mushroom,or total blowup into lead dust and jacket fragments,there is a huge differance between the two from my perspective. Now,a real stupid question, is the 200 yd distance about tops or are you looking @300.400 etc where the velocity gets even slower.A bullet that will expand @950 fps may have some isssue's expanding @500 fps. Remember I know nothing of this cartridge and you fine fine folks will have to kinda hold my hand for a bit ,untill I get my legs under me LOL
thanks
Bulletsmith
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Bulletsmith, It's great to have someone really looking at our market seriously. I personally am looking for expansion (mushrooming) while maintaining bullet integrity. 100% weight retension to deliver the energy into a coyote/ferrell dog/ferrel hog/bobcat as needed. As for nose design, The only drawback I could think of with a big ol honkin hollowpoint would be many of us shoot these in an AR-15 rebarrelled for 300whisper. The OAL of a loaded round comes very close to the .223 and one way to make brass is to shorten and neck down .223 so it is a natural fit.
The other reason I asked about you coming up with a RNSP instead of HP was that I'd like to see just how heavy a bullet you could come up with. I know I'd like to see something up closer to 300Gr and imagine others may want that as well. Terminal ballistics has everything to do with energy and momentum delivered to teh target so since we have a speed limit of 1050fps, the only way to get more energy is to fling more poo with each shot.
200yds is the farthest I would shoot with the 300whisper. Right now I'm using a .308 but with the influx of uptight urbanites into the country there are more complaints about the noise and shooting so I'm delving into 300whisper to keep the peace, in more ways than one.
Anyway, welcome to the boards and thanks for the attention you're giving our little community. Once you settle on a reliable design, I can see an order for 500 or 1000 from me.
Thanks again,
John
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