{"id":7474,"date":"2013-08-26T23:25:03","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T23:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramworks.net\/blog\/?p=7474"},"modified":"2015-10-25T19:51:40","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T19:51:40","slug":"ballistic-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/ballistic-surprises\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballistic Surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago I was at Gunsite<\/a> testing some rifle bullets from a .308 Winchester. We tested two loads; Winchester’s new 150 gr. Razorback<\/a> and their 150 gr. Ballistic Silvertip<\/a>. The Razorback is a new bullet Winchester is marketing for hog hunting. It is a monolithic bullet, meaning; it is made of one solid piece of gilding metal. Their Ballistic Silvertip load uses the Nosler Ballistic Tip<\/a> bullet, it just has a black oxide coating and a silver colored tip. Both were fired from the same rifle and impacted the 10% gelatin at just about the same velocity. The Ballistic Silvertip had a recovered diameter of 0.57 inch and retained 74% of its weight. The Razorback deformed to a diameter of 0.64 inch and retained 100% of tis weight. Which one do you think penetrated the deepest?<\/p>\n

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I was a bit surprised. A lot of folks talk smack about the Nosler Ballistic Tip bullets but I’d shoot just about anything with this one. It penetrated two inches deeper than the Razorback and it looked to me like it chewed up a bit more of the gel block. Of course, more internal damage is common when you compare a lead core bullet with a monolithic bullet.<\/p>\n

None of this is to discount the Razorback bullet. This thing will kill any hog, anywhere. Even zombie hogs I’m sure. It is even loaded with flash suppressing powder which is a great thing if you are hunting at night. I guess the point of all this is that you should not just assume that because one bullet is marketed for a certain purpose that it will penetrate deeper or cause more damage than another bullet that many think is only good for paper and varmints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago I was at Gunsite testing some rifle bullets from a .308 Winchester. We tested two loads; Winchester’s new 150 gr. Razorback and their 150 gr. Ballistic Silvertip. The Razorback is a new bullet Winchester is marketing for hog hunting. It is a monolithic bullet, meaning; it is made of one solid piece of gilding metal. 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