I thought that I'd post this here for two reasons: 1. Saeed has apparently used these bullets for Eland in Africa 2. Some of you may have used or heard of them as well

Lost River Ballistic claim the highest B.C. of any bullets on the market. They appear to be similar to a solid copper/zinc -like the Barnes or Walterhogs but I have not seen an expanded example of one.

Two issues that keep popping up (aside from cost) is that:

1. They are apparently very difficult to shoot accurately out of any rifle. May be due to wrong twist rates?? as these bullets require min. twist rates to stabilize.

2. Because of their solid alloy construction, rumour has it that they fail to expand at low velocities (or long ranges); thus, acting as a solid most of the time.

I saw them at the SHOT show while in Vegas and they gave me two samples in 30 cal. 180gr.

Unfortunatly, the guy I spoke with hunted with them only once last year and did not see anything worth shooting. They did not have any expanded samples on display either.

Any comments on these bullets in .30 or .375 cal? Just curious.

Here is a pic of the 165gr. .308 cal:


Here is a pic of one of their .375 cals- what a whopping B.C. on that- would stretch things out when considering Plains Game in windy conditions:

Saeed?

Whack them into 4-5 five gallon nylon water buckets. That will tell you what you want to know.

PS I dont know what you will need that high BC for. I would rather have a bonded hunting bullet like North Fork, TBBC, Kodiak, Swift.

If you like a monometal, NF has a 375 CP.

Anyway, try them in the water buckets. Recovered premiums seem to correlate to ones recovered from big game for expansion and weight retention by 90-95%.

I will be surprised if a Bronze Point style monometal will expand.

Andy

Andy

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