A couple of recovered bullet weights for the record.......
Mark V .460 Weatherby Magnum
400gn Barnes XFB over 110gn AR2208/VARGET for 2750fps gained 5 feet penetration into Scrub Bull retaining 293 grains. All petals lost but a mushroom still began to form on the shank. Range approx 75yds. Retained and expanded length is .680" (Bull is pictured in Barnes #4 Manual under .460 Wby Loads) Still have a few of those 400grainers loaded up in the .458 Winchester cases using 74gn of H 4198 and chronographing @ 2434fps.
550gn Woodleigh Weldcore RN over 121gn IMR4831 for 2509fps into Bison and retained 458 grains and expanded to retain approx .388" shank and max expansion width of 1.155". Range approx 60yds. Bison was bled out in the field and transported back to scale a weight of 2,3XX lbs. Aged at 10.5 years.
John
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