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Ive done the water jug test several times. At 1000 fps they both passed through 3 ea. 1 gal. jugs of water and stopped in the 4th. One of the Lehigh lost a petal. The Makers peel back perfectly like in their adds. The Lehigh hits with a loud Crack. Sounds nasty. I've done this several times...
Thanks for sharing. I'm currently loading 11.8gr of CFEBLK with the 200 Makers with great accuracy and 1015 fps. But I'm going to try Titegroup now to see if I can hear a difference in the report.
Also, mike_SRT4, If you can find them, my original bullet was the Speer 110 gr hollow point. For what you described this bullet would be perfect. Even at 200yds the nose would flatten out a little and not exit many groundhogs if I could hit them. I'd heard they were out of production...
Try the Sierra 110 grain pro vatminters at 1060 fps. I've had good success with it. I'm using 5.3 grains of Trail Boss which you can't get anymore so when that's gone I'll need to find another powder.
I saw the same results. Actually did the water jug test several times just cause it's fun. Same results every time. Should also note that the bullets recovered from two of my deer looked identical to those shot into the gallon jugs and no loss of pedals
The picture on the Maker website is a little deceiving. The Rex is more of a round nose. The Lehigh is a more streamlined projectile with a longer ogive. Having said that I use the Maker 200gr. Rex. At subsonic distances BC doesn't matter. What matters is bullet performance and both are terrific.
The appeal for me is: A) I only have 60% of my hearing as it is. B) I hunt a 24 acre wood surrounded by residential and I don't want to piss off or scare the neighbors. We don't need more anti hunting/firearms people in the world
I've used the 200gr Maker Rex to take deer out to 73 yds., my longest shot, and haven't lost one yet. I scoff at those saying we're unethical and we have to pick your shots more carefully. Does that mean that they can disregard good shot placement just because they are supersonic. If so they...
I had the same gun. It is now a 22 incher with an MDT chassis. I do recall having some exceptional loads for the original barrel and light bullets. I'll check my notes and get back to you. What's your reasoning for the light weights?
My own issue is that I don't want to give up one of my favorite hobbies because I can't get the components to do it. With standard primers being so scarce I'm looking for alternatives.
I believe the answer is in the physics. If you have two identical gyroscopes but one has a solid "wheel" and the other has one like a spoked bicycle wheel the bicycle wheel gyroscope will be more stable and for a longer period. With a higher % of its weight further from its axis it develops...