For Dave E before he takes off on his month long adventure....

470 penetration clip

Merry Christmas!

Cheers buddy,
Canuck

Nice vid Dave. Oh wait, that wasn't Dave was it. My bad Canuck.

It "moved" an inanimate buffalo! Impressive!!!

gixxer: Nope...That was me...if you look close you'll see Canuck on the back of the hat.

I just know Dave has been wanting me to start my reports and vid clips ever since I got back from Tanz in Sept!!

Cheers
Canuck

Chris,
SWEET!!!
jeffe

This calibre is the real deal, and definately no BS about it. Ya gotta love that!!

Merry Christmas Chris,
That is very cool. It definitely moved the mass. How much spine was involved in that test. The bullet shows lots of sign of heavy resistance. John makes one hell of a good bullet. Mind if my Son puts that one up on the site?
Take good care,
Dave

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How much spine was involved in that test.

A lot! You can see by the entrance it definitely hit the spine where it dips into the chest cavity. We guessed anywhere from 12 to 18 inches??

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John makes one hell of a good bullet.

There is no doubt about that!

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Mind if my Son puts that one up on the site?

That's what they're for buddy!

Merry Christmas!
Chris

Canuck, can you post a few pitures for us poor folk who are on very slow dial up?

Keith

Hi Keith and Merry Christmas.
Hey Chris is just happens Adrian is up for Christmas so he whipped the videos up to the site. They are really good looking clips. Both shots took out heavy bone structure and you can't fault any test medium.
Take good care,
Dave

If he was broad side or some quartering you would have red misted him .........Very Impressive!!!

Boy, Dave E's .470 is some kind of hammer!

That Bridger Solid is not to shabby either.

Thanks for posting the video Canuck! Got anymore?

Merry Christmas
Dave

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Got anymore?

I've got a couple more clips coming, but the footage isn't as good. Stay tuned.

If you are interested in arrow penetration, I've put a clip up in the Bowhunting forum as well.

Cheers,
Canuck

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Originally posted by Hog Killer:
Canuck, can you post a few pitures for us poor folk who are on very slow dial up?

Keith

Hi Keith,

Pictures wouldn't show much. I do have a pic of the bullet in question on the FN Solid thread that RIP started.

Here's a link to a lower res version of the video above...

I can't tell how big the file is on Photobucket. Hopefully that helps though!

Cheers,
Canuck

Keith,

Here is another one. Its a small file...just shows the shot, at half speed...



Photobucket changes the format and makes it blurry. I tried putting another one on www.huntingfootage.com, but apparently I have exceeded my limit for number of uploads in 24hours.

Cheers,
Canuck

Canuck where did you aquire the Bridger Solids?

Directly from the manufacturer. I just read that Bridger is not making bullets any more though. Hopefully it is a temporary sit'n. (?)

Cheers,
Canuck

Oh well! Story of my life. Are the Barnes banded solids any good?

soooooooooo the 470 a.r. should go within 4" of exiting lengthwise

thanks for posting

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Originally posted by boom stick:
soooooooooo the 470 a.r. should go within 4" of exiting lengthwise

thanks for posting

Its always about the a.r. with you, eh?

I hope your family hooked you up with some Jeffe Gunsmithing gift cards for X-mas!

Cheers,
Canuck

I wonder what velocity you would get out of the AR round with that long bullet and short OAL. That's one advantage of a large capacity case. I can shoot 560 GS Customs out of the 470 Mbogo without a problem. The 540 Bridger's are a little longer even and it will still reach 2400 fps without a problem.

Only one more day to go.
Have a great New Year you guys,
Dave

Dave,
yep, that long bullet would be the trade off. Now, if a fella wanted, he could put a 375 magboxin his ruger and seat the bullets way out. Or, as I would prefer, shoot 450gr bridgers at full speed..

The mbogo is certainly the best "heavy hunter" out there.. easier to shoot than the 550s, morepunch than a lott, and FAR more case than the 470 AR.

it's the mbogo's punk little brother !!

jeffe

Canuck,

I can attest to the Bridger solids...I was the first guy to kill a bull ele with them in my Lott 2004 in Zim...

Mike

Canuck,

Thanks for the extra effort, for those of us on dial-up.

Not only did you rock that buff, but the Bridger bullet hole realy shows up. I guess that is what happens when you use a bullet with a sharp meplat edge. Hopefully, they will be back in production again, soon.

Keith