KRal
.375 Atomic
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Post by KRal on Jan 18, 2020 15:47:38 GMT -5
Although I don't use factory ammo, I witnessed the performance of this ammo and thought it would be beneficial for the hunters that don't hand load. A friend of mine that I got hooked on handgun hunting three years ago, used this ammo to kill his fourth hand-gunned deer. He was using a Bisley Hunter with a 4x Leupold attached. He killed this deer from the same place I killed a deer a couple weeks ago using my FA M83 44mag. He was sitting in the same spot and the deer came up the same trail and he shot it in the same fashion as I did (frontal shot). His deer feel 15 yards from where mine fell. Now for the ammo review. He made a frontal shot on the deer at 25 yards. Upon cleaning the deer, we found that the bullet was just shy of full penetration. The bullet was found in the rear of the right tender loin, just up against the pelvic bone. The bullet seems to have penetrated straight and deep and looked picture perfect. We have not shot any through the chronograph, but Winchesters website list 1250 fps - no barrel length given. I know this is a small sample, but first impressions is this is some great hunting ammo for the non-hand load. If I didn't know better....I'd say this was an old black talon bullet with nickel plating instead of Teflon coating. I apologize for not weighing the bullet, but from the looks of it, I'd say it retained 95-100% of the original weight.
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Post by jfs on Jan 18, 2020 18:21:47 GMT -5
Even if I did not handload (which I do) I would still use this ammunition... When Winchester loaded the 260gr Partition in 454 in their Supreme line of ammo I always had a few boxes around cause it shot that good from my FA`s 454.... Have a box of the 240gr PT in 41 that still has to be tested...
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Post by bigbrowndog on Jan 18, 2020 18:57:40 GMT -5
James feel free to send that 41 PT over here to Texas and I’ll test the heck out of it on pigs. I’ve got a FA97 that needs some blood on it.
Trapr
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Post by jfs on Jan 18, 2020 21:11:16 GMT -5
James feel free to send that 41 PT over here to Texas and I’ll test the heck out of it on pigs. I’ve got a FA97 that needs some blood on it. Trapr bigbrowndog, your a little to late as I just sent a good friend about 100 of the 50 caliber 400gr PT`s for him to use as he see`s fit....
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Post by bigbrowndog on Jan 18, 2020 21:55:02 GMT -5
Story of my life,....day late and a dollar short!!!
Trapr
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Post by x101airborne on Jan 18, 2020 22:44:18 GMT -5
I was going to say that looked a lot like the old "Black Talon"; of which we still have several boxes stashed away. Someone told me, and I do not know the difference, that Winchester is loading the same bullet as the "Black Talon" in their Lawman HP loading but with a different name. I have not tried it to know.
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Post by squawberryman on Jan 25, 2020 12:07:47 GMT -5
Winchester Ranger is the same bullet manufacturing technique. Ranger ammo is marketed on GB as the new Black Talon and other monikers. Buzz Saw bullet it is.
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Post by x101airborne on Jan 28, 2020 16:29:45 GMT -5
Winchester Ranger is the same bullet manufacturing technique. Ranger ammo is marketed on GB as the new Black Talon and other monikers. Buzz Saw bullet it is. Yes. "Ranger" marketed ammo. I had the name wrong.
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Post by kings6 on Jan 28, 2020 19:27:34 GMT -5
I just snagged an old model 58 and it included two boxes of 20 grain Platinum tipped rounds. Everything should arrive on Thursday.
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KRal
.375 Atomic
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Post by KRal on Jan 28, 2020 21:03:52 GMT -5
It was a 20 round box and with taxes was north of $44.
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Post by x101airborne on Jan 28, 2020 21:10:12 GMT -5
squawberryman, I still have a lot of boxes with that Tennessee tax stamp on em. I wish they were all Talon / Ranger boxes.
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