Hunting bullet

[Stephen Borud]

Ok Dave sounds good! Hey my name is Steffan not Steve! I know I spell it like Stephen but its pronounced like Stephen!

Stephen

[Dave Roelle]

            Ok Stephen---------had a sec before the kids get here for the weekend-----for some reason the mold wouldn't photo with both cavities, the camera got confused and refused to focus ------------ so the pic is the 5/16 meplat version--------its actually the one i'll test hunting-----the bullet pic in the loaded round is also the 5/16 meplat

After plunging the fresh endmill for the meplat i turned up as d-reamer to blend back to the original cavity profile----------the "step" is pretty obvious

[Don McDowell]

Phew that's an ugly bullet. Looks like a hogs head, so maybe it'll work great on pigs...

[Stephen Borud]

Dave thanks for sharing! That ought to do some serious smacking!

Stephen

[rdnck]

Dave thanks for sharing! That ought to do some serious smacking!

Stephen

Be sure you test it for accuracy before you take it hunting. I had a paper patched bullet that looked a whole lot like that and it wouldn't hit due east. You don't want a hog to walk out in front of you and get off scott free because the bullet didn't shoot first shot out of a clean barrel.

I missed a huge sow broadside at 107 yards a few years ago because the rifle/bullet combination shot 14 inches high first shot out of a clean barrel and I just KNEW it would be OK. Turned out it wasn't. Shoot straight, rdnck.

[Dave Roelle]

rdnck:

I shot the ugly things about 20 rounds off the bench, and to 200 yards it was good for 3 minutes--------no fliers---------------actually surprised the heck out of me (run out was about 0.001)--------------actual hunting ranges at te ranch are 100 yards or less

I think i'll carry like 5 rounds to the range when testing other loads and make sure the first shot stability stays acceptable-------thanks for the heads up

Been huntin with a friend near Corrigan Tx --------bout 2 hours or a bit more south of you rdnck

Dave