slim_shady
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Since the purchase of my LWRC 6.8 A2 I've been on the hunt for the most accurate and effective ammo. As much as Id like to use the 120 sst's the lighter weight ammo seems to be the most accurate in this gun.
Long story short, after trying several types of factory loaded ammo, and reloading a few myself I got in a box of Barnes 95 gr TTSX. Now I don't recommend you try this at home. I took careful measurements of the bullet touching the riffling and determined I could pull the blue plastic tip off the bullet, seat the bullet much longer out. While being able able to load them into the mag, chamber into the riffle, and pull off a more accurate loaded hunting round. So far, Ive only been able to get 1" groups out of "hp match" factory ammo, not what one would want to use hunting. This 95 gr Barnes TTSX round also produced 1" groups.
My bigest question however, would the barnes bullet preform and expand without the tip. What to Do...... OK Do it yourself ballistics gel. Over the last month I cooked up 8 gallons of Jello and Knox.
While chilled in 2 1/2 gallon jugs in my fridge I finally built a box this week to for testing. Now that I've gone this far I would stay away from Jello with sugar, and stick with Knox alone. Its not as clear as one would like for viewing the "Wound channel" but it did slow the bullet down enough It didnt even tear a hole in the blue jeans at the back of the Jello block.
Im Not going to toss what I have but will only add Knox to keep up the volume. Yes, you can "Melt it back down" to make a new block. I sure wish I had a high speed camera, but the Gopro sure did a nice job.
Results, over 24" of penetration @ 100 yards, and the .277 dia expanded to over .500!
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Long story short, after trying several types of factory loaded ammo, and reloading a few myself I got in a box of Barnes 95 gr TTSX. Now I don't recommend you try this at home. I took careful measurements of the bullet touching the riffling and determined I could pull the blue plastic tip off the bullet, seat the bullet much longer out. While being able able to load them into the mag, chamber into the riffle, and pull off a more accurate loaded hunting round. So far, Ive only been able to get 1" groups out of "hp match" factory ammo, not what one would want to use hunting. This 95 gr Barnes TTSX round also produced 1" groups.
My bigest question however, would the barnes bullet preform and expand without the tip. What to Do...... OK Do it yourself ballistics gel. Over the last month I cooked up 8 gallons of Jello and Knox.
While chilled in 2 1/2 gallon jugs in my fridge I finally built a box this week to for testing. Now that I've gone this far I would stay away from Jello with sugar, and stick with Knox alone. Its not as clear as one would like for viewing the "Wound channel" but it did slow the bullet down enough It didnt even tear a hole in the blue jeans at the back of the Jello block.
Im Not going to toss what I have but will only add Knox to keep up the volume. Yes, you can "Melt it back down" to make a new block. I sure wish I had a high speed camera, but the Gopro sure did a nice job.
Results, over 24" of penetration @ 100 yards, and the .277 dia expanded to over .500!
View My Video
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