Thank you and thank you.
Its pretty hard to shoot whilst holding a camera.
Its pretty hard to shoot whilst holding a camera.
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just an update.
heres some more info......a while back I loaded up some 175smks and here was the result......
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9.0 gr was supersonic most of the time. These were shot into two, back to back, one gallon water jugs with a plywood back stop and we recovered as much of each round as possible. The last round fired, 5.5 gr of TB, didnt even make it through the second jug of water so I stopped testing there.
Remember, these were 175gr SMKs. A 30/30 soft point 150 gr would fly a little faster and mushroom alot better making it a great small game round in my book. Good for hogs, coyote and the occasional tresspasser. All of these except the 5.5gr went through two gallon jugs of water and stopped in a piece of 3/4 plywood, so an easy 18" of penetration with a nice mushroom.
heres some more info......a while back I loaded up some 175smks and here was the result......
9.0 gr was supersonic most of the time. These were shot into two, back to back, one gallon water jugs with a plywood back stop and we recovered as much of each round as possible. The last round fired, 5.5 gr of TB, didnt even make it through the second jug of water so I stopped testing there.
Remember, these were 175gr SMKs. A 30/30 soft point 150 gr would fly a little faster and mushroom alot better making it a great small game round in my book. Good for hogs, coyote and the occasional tresspasser. All of these except the 5.5gr went through two gallon jugs of water and stopped in a piece of 3/4 plywood, so an easy 18" of penetration with a nice mushroom.
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