cast bullet expansion

hadjii

May 16, 2014 14:06

Can someone tell what kind of expansion I could expect from a .375
dia cast bullet with a BNH of 20-22 and leaving the muzzle at 2000 fps?
Thank You

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  charliemeyer007

  May 16, 2014 14:28

  I think those are fairly hard and I wouldn't expect a lot of expansion.
  
  added. Hard cast 44 Mag bullets will shoot threw an Elk at less than 3/4 that velocity. Shot placement is important. Your .375's will be just fine.

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  hadjii

  May 16, 2014 14:59

  Thanks charliemeyer, but do you think they would humanely harvest a
  200-300 pound black bear over bait, say 50 yards or so?

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  bpost

  May 16, 2014 17:20

  The bear would die FAST. Expansion is over rated with a big slug like that. The flat meplat hits hard and as long as you shoot the vitals of heart and lung the bear is dead.

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  MIKE WISKEY

  May 17, 2014 03:52

  With a bnh of 20/22 you are shooting pure lynotype, these don't expand (maybe fragment). even so they should do fine on a black bear given good shot placement.

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