Two long-range .45 caliber paper patch bullets.

[Distant Thunder]

Chris,

I would have bet money that the blunter, heavier bullet would have had more drop at 1000 yards and more wind drift! That is the reason I'm not a betting man, I'm so often wrong!

These bullets are wrapped with different paper. Both papers are 100% cotton and are very close to the same thickness. I'd have to pull the paper off of one of Ray's bullets to check it. I know he has given me some to try and I have used it on my elliptical bullet and it shot just as well as my paper.

I have leaned toward higher BC bullets since Brent first got me pointed in the right direction with ppb back in 2009. Then about 4 years ago I developed a silhouette bullet for my 18-twist .40-65. Being limited to 1.200+ a bit in that twist and wanting to have as much weight as possible for the rams I went with a ODG round nose design. That bullet has worked very out to 600 yards in silhouette and mid-range matches. It has given me new respect for those older designs, they work and they work well.

I no longer think a long range bullet has to be some pointy, super slick design to work. I'm not planning on changing from my elliptical any time soon, but I wouldn't turn away from a round nose that shot with good accuracy either.

I think that next year when I go to Harris I'm going to bring two extra rifles with me to try at 1000 yards during the Friday practice shooting, one will be my soon to be new .44-77 and the other will be my .40-65 and both will be shooting an ODG round nose design. That's if everything goes according to plan, which isn't always the case. Should be interesting and fun as heck!