Solid results. 👍🇺🇲 I have used V-Max for years for pest control (woodchucks, porcupines, coyotes, etc.) but never seen the tip fragment. I prefer A-Max in most calibers I reload for. The Speer HP did well compared to the V-Max. I don't have much experience with these, I prefer Sierra Game King. I would imagine they have similar performance. The Speer SP penetration was more than I expected, but makes sense as it retains more of its weight.
I don't often reload 223. I just buy it. V-Max is a great critter gitter. I like A-Max in .30 to reload, only because that's what I have the most experience with. Hornaday Black if I buy a box of .30 (save that brass). Years ago, I "inherited" a bunch of Game Kings from a widow down the street. I loaded 200 for my 30-06 elk rifle in 2010. I may fire a 5 round group to confirm zero and exercise the magazine prior to opening day. Then it's only 1 or maybe 2 shots (if I suck) to get my deer. They will last me a long time. I've loaded them in 308 as well. The Game Kings actually grouped better than the Match Kings out of my rifle. A-Max hand loads for the win though. 25-06 is my favorite right now. Kinda a sleeper because everybody (including me) has stars in their eyes because of of all the fancy new millimeter calibers.
They do say speed kills. I wish someone would test cast projectiles in gel blocks. I have a couple .22 cal molds that I’m curious about. 1 in particular it’s the RCBS 22-55-SP. That one I casted a few hundred up and thought what if I drill a hole in the tip. Making a improvised HP out of the casting I don’t have any gel but the judges of water I shot them into popped fairly good. Now idk if that was because of the hollow point or if it was because of the velocity. The cast projectiles I make don’t group well at standard 223/556 speeds. So I’m just wondering what was causing those milk jugs to pop like that.
Absolutely 👌🏻 and especially when it’s designed to open up so abruptly like the V-Max and Speer HP. That’s such a massive energy dump, I don’t think my slo-mo was able to fully capture the temp cavity.
I actually ended up adding more stuff to my comment after thinking about this a bit more. It would be interesting to see what a cast projectile would do to the gel block. I don’t believe anyone has done gel testing with cast stuff.
@@Johnny-jr2lq definitely would be an interesting one to test. Assuming it’s a 22 cal, 55gr as you said, what cartridge are you loading them in, and are they gas checked? From everything I’ve seen, lead doesn’t play nice at 3000FPS usually, and even some cast & coated Eggleston’s I use in 30-06 start leading over 2300 FPS. (I believe their listed max is 2200) The other question too is how hard is your lead, as that will affect whether or not it engages the rifling and spins properly, or whether the surface basically smears lead at that high speed. As to opening up in the water jug I’d be nearly certain your hollow point helped, but the only way to know for sure would be to shoot a HP side by side with a standard RN 😉
@@thereloadingcraft I’m currently running about 30% super hard mixed with lead that’s giving me a measurement of 10 BHN on the scale. So the casting as cast is like 18 or 19 BHN with a coating of Eastwood ford light blue powder coating and a gas check as well. So I’m not seeing any leading at all whatsoever I’m making sure of this via a teslong bore scope. Im not pushing extremely fast 2200 fps it what my Caldwell POS chrono was telling me. But that velocity data can’t be trusted as me and a few other reloaders were seeing very inconsistent data from the Caldwell. But assuming the Caldwell was correct 2200 fps was the speed of my particular castings. It just makes me wonder the more I think about it. Are they just exploding when they hit the water or is there anything continuing pass the water jug. I forgot to add it is a 22 cal being loaded into a 223/556 cartridge. I have been sizing them to .225 and sending out of a 1/8 twist 20” faxon 5 grove match barrel.