04-07-2023, 01:12 AM
tdbru Wrote:Rickt300,
I know it would be a royal PIA, but do the jug test with that bullet 30 times, to gain some statistical data, at the range you would normally shoot deer. if it breaks into chunks 30 times i a row (and thirty times is starting to get enough repetitions to be statistically significant) then there is something to go on. One jug experiment, for any bullet, isn't enough statistically to predict with any degree of confidence what the outcome will be on critters. for an example, if after 30 impacts into jugs at the distances you expect to hit deer (200 yards?? more?? less??) and say 12 times it pencils through and doesn't expand, and 18 times it breaks into chunks, would you still go hunting with it?? most any bullet will expand or fragment at 20 ft. but try it at the distances you would normally shoot a deer and see how many times, or not, it pencil's through. that should also be good practice at shot placement at hunting distances too, i would think.
best to you,
-tdbru
In reality the jug test is generally to compare bullets to each other. I actually shot three through jugs because I had 12 jugs to get rid of. All bullets acted basically the same. And yes if a bullet gets through 3 jugs it will give good enough penetration for reasonable shots on deer. Max load of Leverevolution so near 2400 fps from my 16 inch barrel. They also made MOA groups, functioned perfectly. The Barnes Matchburners in my opinion are pretty soft. I also shot a small feral hog with one out of my 260 Remington started at 2900 fps. No exit and dead hog hit in the ribs angling away. No autopsy done, hog weighed maybe 125 pounds. As for any bullet acting perfectly every time it just isn't happening.