Tungsten Core Rifle Bullets

[JMW67]

Someday I'll be hunting plant based proteins with harsh words

Saw where KFC now has chickenless fried chicken maybe you can provide for them when you start this hunting operation

 

[xsn10s]

Saw where KFC now has chickenless fried chicken maybe you can provide for them when you start this hunting operation

I saw that. Makes it easier to chase down the meatless meat.

 

[Calvin45]

I saw that. Makes it easier to chase down the meatless meat.

And I thought decaf coffee was a lie!

 

[JMW67]

And I thought decaf coffee was a lie!

Not a lie just a waste of good water

 

[xsn10s]

Decaf goes well with the new and improved soylent green.

 

[Michael Eichele]

I tried the old MRX years ago and the BC wasn't any better to an appreciable degree. The other interesting thing was that out of my 300RUM they wouldn't penetrate the same steel plate has a Hornady BTSP 190 would. I would have thought it would be the other way around. It was a looong time ago and I don't remember the specifics of the steel plate, BC numbers or load specs but it was 180 MRX versus the Hornady 190

 

[Calvin45]

I tried the old MRX years ago and the BC wasn't any better to an appreciable degree. The other interesting thing was that out of my 300RUM they wouldn't penetrate the same steel plate has a Hornady BTSP 190 would. I would have thought it would be the other way around. It was a looong time ago and I don't remember the specifics of the steel plate, BC numbers or load specs but it was 180 MRX versus the Hornady 190

That's weird for sure!

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

I tried the old MRX years ago and the BC wasn't any better to an appreciable degree. The other interesting thing was that out of my 300RUM they wouldn't penetrate the same steel plate has a Hornady BTSP 190 would. I would have thought it would be the other way around. It was a looong time ago and I don't remember the specifics of the steel plate, BC numbers or load specs but it was 180 MRX versus the Hornady 190

Wow your Hornady BTSP 190 bullets that you load penetrate steel plates? See where you don't know what the steel plates were - most are AR 500 and 3/8" 1/2"thickness

 

[Michael Eichele]

Wow your Hornady BTSP 190 bullets that you load penetrate steel plates? See where you don't know what the steel plates were - most are AR 500 and 3/8" 1/2"thickness

Regardless of what type of steel it was, the 190s blew through. The MRX did not.

 

[Michael Eichele]

Wow your Hornady BTSP 190 bullets that you load penetrate steel plates? See where you don't know what the steel plates were - most are AR 500 and 3/8" 1/2"thickness

 

[xsn10s]

The only thing I can figure is the nose or meplat of the 190 BTSP was smaller thus the other two. More energy on a smaller surface area.

 

[Michael Eichele]

The only thing I can figure is the nose or meplat of the 190 BTSP was smaller thus the other two. More energy on a smaller surface area.

Personally, I am not sure. My guess is that the specific gravity of the jacketed lead 190 was higher than the 180 MRX since the majority of the MRX was copper with some plastic in addition to a small tungsten rear core.

 

[xsn10s]

Personally, I am not sure. My guess is that the specific gravity of the jacketed lead 190 was higher than the 180 MRX since the majority of the MRX was copper with some plastic in addition to a small tungsten rear core.

I wouldn't think so since tungsten is more dense than lead. Hard telling not knowing.

 

[Michael Eichele]

I wouldn't think so since tungsten is more dense than lead. Hard telling not knowing.

It is. Except there wasn't that much of it in the bullet. It likely would not have had as high of a specific gravity than the Hornady. 90% of the MRX was copper which is considerably lower than jacketed lead. The smaller percentage of tungsten would not have made a bullet that is normally 8.89 equal the 10.7 jacketed lead has.