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Post by gregf on Jan 21, 2008 20:24:48 GMT -4
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onager
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Post by onager on Jan 22, 2008 13:45:47 GMT -4
It looks like a copper covered minie from the civil war with a plastic tip(was going to say with a rubber, but was afraid Loggy would ban me)
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Post by loggy on Jan 22, 2008 18:14:56 GMT -4
It looks like a copper covered minie from the civil war with a plastic tip(was going to say with a rubber, but was afraid Loggy would ban me) Not me onager! im a bannee not bannor!! ;D greg, interesting lookin bullet with great ballistic coefficient plus construction to handle hot loads. Hornady's a fine bullet mfgr & im sure they did their homework on this one. Look forward to any range/field reports on this one indeed!!
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Post by zimmerstutzen on Jan 23, 2008 11:48:30 GMT -4
There's some thing that appears fishy about their stats. If you divide the velocity by the ft lbs, you should get a constant answer. After all energy is a calculation of weight times speed.
The weight of the bullet is the constant. it doesn't change regardless of how far down range or how fast the bullet is moving, yet according to the table the constant varies from .79 to as high as 1.11. That is a 32% change in the weight of the bullet as it goes down range?
In addition, all the experiments over the years found that heavy charges under hollow base bullets cause the skirts to blow out at muzzle exit and decrease accuracy. Suddenly Hornady has found the answer?
The Brits in the 1850's incorporated nose plugs in conical bullets to cause additional expansion on impact. (See the War Department's LOC for the .577 Snider Ammunition) It wasn't much thereafter that explosive cavities were experimented with.
And BTW, a hollow base bullet indeed incorporates a skirt!
Again with the very old and forgotten is NEW and IMPROVED.
Needless to say, I am skeptical.
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Post by onager on Jan 23, 2008 14:19:04 GMT -4
I agree with Loggy and Zimmer! Hornady does great work. Yet this design seems bizarrly retro. Accuracy is a big? I'd hate to be hit by one though. I still have a bunch of other bullets to experiment with or I'd give them a go.
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Post by huntereddie on Sept 30, 2008 1:07:11 GMT -4
I was thinking about trying them but I'll wait for real world reviews to surface.
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Post by dknappy on Sept 30, 2008 13:12:17 GMT -4
I bough some Panthers due to a rview I read on North American Hunter's forum. They cost $10.00 per card and are like the Power Belt in design. They have a hollow point that is outrageous and are very accurate. 3 shot at 100 yds were almost touching. There ad says 250gr bullet with 150 grains 777 will render a 1" grp ay 100. I was only shooting 100 grns.
These are also legal in Colorado if anyone is headed out that way.
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Post by mrlongbeard on Sept 30, 2008 14:30:37 GMT -4
might have to give them a try. been shooting hornady for the last couple years and have no complaints
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Post by skwirl on Dec 25, 2008 16:02:49 GMT -4
Was shootin the ole flinter today and was tryin out those Hornadays..........great ballistically.......... but if ya need a follow up shot the are a bear to start........... once started they slide down the bore nicely..........wet and dry swabbed after each shot
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