I was messing around at the range today finishing off a box of Hornady 450 Bushmaster ammo so I can start playing with handloads.

I want to try and duplicate the factory 250 gr. FTX load in addition to a couple of others. I have 225 gr FTX and 250 gr. XTP bullets to play with later. I heard the thin jacketed pistol bullets really fly apart and give dramatic expansion, which will be fun for plinking and ricochet reduction.

Anyway, her are a couple of back to back 3 shot groups with the 16" bbl 450 Bushmaster upper using a 3-9X40mm Leupold Ultimateslam with the SaBR reticle.

For the real testing later and a final factory ammo test, I will be using more powerful glass (6.5-20X50mm Conquest). This might shrink up the groups a little.

At any rate, I think some of you may be impressed with a plain ol' factory Bushmaster upper in a ridiculous .45 cal straight walled case fired in a short barreled, brass belching, magazine fed, semi-auto off a bipod.





(For those of you that may have missed the post in the pig hunting section, this is the same rifle I've been murdering hogs with all summer.)

My first ever attempt at video editing (click link below):
http://www.vimeo.com/13786833

My 450 shoots 1" groups on a regular basis with factory ammo. haven't had the time to test my reloads yet, really looking forward to it. Its a kick to shoot.

Very nice!