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I too k this fellow while Whitetail hunting in Texas last year. One shot did the trick, the 425 grain flat point hard cast at 1380 FPS entered the shoulder and took out a 3 to 4 inches section of lung tissue The blood in the photo in from the entrance wound
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Very nice, jwp!! The .500 JRH is one of my next calibers.......
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What kind of bullet is it? I'm saving my $s for two LBT molds PS Forgot to add very nice deer
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It is truncated cone with a flat point of 78% of the bullets diameter. This bullet is a Jack Huntington design and is loaded in the Buffalo Bore factory Ammo. The LBT moulds and designs from Veral Smith are top notch.
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Will get a WFNGC 280 gr in 44 and a WFNGC 300 gr in 45 for my blackhawk
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What kind of bullet is it? I'm saving my $s for two LBT molds PS Forgot to add very nice deer Picture of the 500 JRH Another view
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Very nice bullet! Thanks for posting the pictures, jwp. Will you e-mail me those photos please?
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That is a big truncated cone. The ones I got from Range Rick are a very small in the frontal area.
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The wider the Meplat (with in reason) the better they perform and the larger the wound channel
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The LBT moulds and designs from Veral Smith are top notch. Boy you can say that again. Best bullet design and the highest quality moulds you'll ever work with.
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The wider the Meplat (with in reason) the better they perform and the larger the wound channel
I think I understand all that, my thought was a truncated cone has a lot smaller Meplat. The design of the bullet you posted looks more like a standard Long Flat Nose bullet. No bullet education needed here...
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Jsut because a bullet is of a truncated cone is no reason to make the meplat small, yet that is what most makers seem to do when designing a truncated cone.
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I was just going by what I have seen from most bullet makers.
I have some for my 500 Mag as well as my 460 Mag, they are great for longer range and still make a big hole in game.
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The flat-nosed bullets I use in my .475 have a meplat that is 80% of the diameter, and they remain stable at every distance I have shot them (up to 200 yards). I guess the original WFN design as so designated by Veral called for a meplat that is 81% of the bullet's diameter.......what does this have to do with the price of tea in China? Beats me!
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Veral's WFN designs are basically just as you describe them: they have as much frontal area as possible to kill quickly and to achieve that long range accuracy at top speeds.
I have about fifteen of his moulds for handguns; they are the best made bar none (his rifle moulds will really make a believer out of you).
jwp, nice score on another fine handgun project! I am envious!
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