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    wilkup reacted to memtb's post in the thread 44 Mag hunting bullet with Haha Haha.
    Taj, I’d love to try some phone books, but they are an “endangered species” with the advent of cell phones, ect. Plus, around here I...
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    wilkup reacted to Taj's post in the thread 44 Mag hunting bullet with Like Like.
    If you get a chance, take a look at Garrett Ammo's web page. Randy Garrett did a paper on penetration and velocity. Randy is a...
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    wilkup reacted to Tiny Tim's post in the thread 44 Mag hunting bullet with Like Like.
    I believe it was the owner of LBT Bullet molds that said (possibly in his book), driving cast lead bullets with a large flat meplat too...
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    wilkup replied to the thread 44 Mag hunting bullet.
    Have you tried the Jack Hammer out yet?
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    wilkup reacted to VALKYRIETP's post in the thread 44 Mag hunting bullet with Like Like.
    300 Hornady HP/XTP center and left, 205 Jack Hammer on right. loaded these in 2004 with 22 grains of 296 in a Ruger Redhawk. will fit in...
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    wilkup reacted to memtb's post in the thread 44 Mag hunting bullet with Like Like.
    6.5x300WBY, I hope that you get to “scratch that itch”! It’s a beautiful piece of workmanship! memtb
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    wilkup replied to the thread 44 Mag hunting bullet.
    Knife twisting sounds bad… The possibility of a new gun is always good… Unless new firearm purchases are painful for you 😜
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    wilkup reacted to memtb's post in the thread 44 Mag hunting bullet with Like Like.
    My daughter (technically my step daughter) bought me one in Premier Grade with a couple of options added, last year. With the...
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    wilkup reacted to 6.5x300 WBY's post in the thread 44 Mag hunting bullet with Love Love.
    Yeah going over 1200 just flattens trajectory not penetration. I used to try to get my DW 445supermag to 1600 fps with 320 wfngc but...
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    wilkup reacted to memtb's post in the thread 44 Mag hunting bullet with Haha Haha.
    I think that my present 460 S&W load, 400 grain WFNGC, would be somewhat over 1200 from a 5" barrel. Though, from the looks of...
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    wilkup reacted to 6.5x300 WBY's post in the thread 44 Mag hunting bullet with Like Like.
    In 44 it was 300 or 320, 340 gr at 1200 fps. But iirc it didn't matter the caliber just push it in the 1100 to 1200 fps and your...
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    wilkup replied to the thread 44 Mag hunting bullet.
    If I remember right, his thoughts were there negative affects at 1200+
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    wilkup reacted to memtb's post in the thread 44 Mag hunting bullet with Like Like.
    Agreed! In talking with several times with John Linebaugh, he through extensive testing, determined that a slower moving hard cast...
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    wilkup reacted to 436's post in the thread 44 Mag hunting bullet with Like Like.
    Actually, I think you'll be surprised at the penetration at a lower velocity. I've used Keith style 290gr hardcast SWC and they were...
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    wilkup replied to the thread 44 Mag hunting bullet.
    5 shot over the chrono gave me an average 805fps. 805 805 807 805 804 Way slower than expected but very consistent. Very interested to...
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