250 grain Rhino 35 Newton 2700FPS 7th jug

[SJB358]

Here is one of the South African Rhino's, This bullet was launched from my 35 Newton at 2700FPS, almost right on the nose. The bullet was found in between jug 7 and 8. It was actually pressed into 8 enough to keep it from leaking. All but one of the petals sheared off and the last petal was just about to shear off as well.

 

[DrMike]

Fine performance; that would give any hunter confidence. Great data, Scotty.

 

[JD338]

Nice performance Scotty.
That will kill anything in NA and then some.

JD338

 

[Guy Miner]

That's a pretty serious hunting bullet. Dang...

 

[SJB358]

I am surprised the petals tore off so easily to be honest. 2700 isn't real fast for modern bullets so seeing the petals ripped off seems a little odd. I've got some smaller caliber ones I can drive fast from my. 270 and 7mm mags. I'd like to see if they do the same.

 

[JD338]

Scotty,

Try backing off the velocity to 2300-2400 and see what happens. That should be a 250 yd impact velocity for the big Newton.

JD338

 

[DrMike]

For sure it would be interesting to see what the smaller bullets pushed at somewhat higher velocities do at impact velocities.

 

[SJB358]

Added a few pictures of retained weight and expanded frontal area.

 

[DrMike]

Very telling, Scotty.

 

[SJB358]

Yeah, not too bad. I was just surprised the copper seemed so brittle to shear off at 2700FPS. I will probably load up a few and shoot them for accuracy, just to see how they work in that area.

 

[Guy Miner]

I'm not real surprised about the petals breaking off.

Had the same thing happen with the Barnes TSX in the infamous jug test. Though I was dealing with a higher impact velocity, 100 gr bullets from my .25-06 at 3340 fps mv.

Link: viewtopic.php?f=46&t=16540

Good penetration. Massive destruction of the jugs, just like on a mule deer buck that I also shot at about 20 yards (yes, with the .25-06... sigh). Those petals can break off. I suspect they fly off and create their own wound tracks in the animal as well.

Regards, Guy

 

[SJB358]

Yeah, I would tend to get it more at your speeds you were getting Guy, but at 2700 I wouldn't have expected it as much.. I guess the only way to know is to kill something with them though.. :lol:

I have enough to try a little bit of accuracy testing and see where they print in comparison to the 250 PT's in my Newton. If they are similar, they could hunt. With a big bullet like the 358's, they should cause a whole lotta damage and being that they went thru 7 jugs, I am not anything but a long shot thru an elk or larger would hold onto them.

 

[nvbroncrider]

Try em in the Whelen should be right around 2500ish!! Be an interesting comparison.

 

[6mm Remington]

That's pretty impressive Scotty. I wonder if the hardness of the jacket is what made some of the petals break off like they did. That's pretty fine penetration and would take a heck of an elk to keep on inside on.

 

[FOTIS]

I'd put that against Brown bear any day