01-19-2014, 04:01 AM
A slightly bigger Blackout.
I'll admit to being sucked-in with the clever Blackout marketing. Two years later and it's like buying a burger and wondering why it doesn't look like the photo above the counter..
For example, that stated 200M is more like 100M. No doubt in their testing if you point the gun to the sky the bullet will make 200M, but after 100M you'd better have a good scope and know exactly what range your target is. Heavy subsonic is rainbow trajectory, plus the Blackout is defined by over-penetration (sold as a marketing plus, until you start shooting game which trot off to die somewhere else). I can only imagine this heavier .416 will be even worse and like the Blackout users will be stuck with projectiles made for supersonic use. Hollow-points and soft points don't open up under 2,000fps.
You can get Blackout rds to yaw as it is. Just load a pointy match rd and they tumble on hitting flesh every time. It's interesting to listen to. No supersonic echo...It's less than 100M so it's a loud slap followed by a zinging sound as the bullet exits the other side. But don't expect the same killing power as a supersonic hunting round.
Hunting subsonic is a very poor proxy to supersonic and unless you are using a suppressor where you really need it (e.g. killing German sentries!) there is no other practical advantage. May as well use a suppressed .22 or 9mm...they are both quieter.
I'll admit to being sucked-in with the clever Blackout marketing. Two years later and it's like buying a burger and wondering why it doesn't look like the photo above the counter..
For example, that stated 200M is more like 100M. No doubt in their testing if you point the gun to the sky the bullet will make 200M, but after 100M you'd better have a good scope and know exactly what range your target is. Heavy subsonic is rainbow trajectory, plus the Blackout is defined by over-penetration (sold as a marketing plus, until you start shooting game which trot off to die somewhere else). I can only imagine this heavier .416 will be even worse and like the Blackout users will be stuck with projectiles made for supersonic use. Hollow-points and soft points don't open up under 2,000fps.
You can get Blackout rds to yaw as it is. Just load a pointy match rd and they tumble on hitting flesh every time. It's interesting to listen to. No supersonic echo...It's less than 100M so it's a loud slap followed by a zinging sound as the bullet exits the other side. But don't expect the same killing power as a supersonic hunting round.
Hunting subsonic is a very poor proxy to supersonic and unless you are using a suppressor where you really need it (e.g. killing German sentries!) there is no other practical advantage. May as well use a suppressed .22 or 9mm...they are both quieter.