Now does anyone on the forum know where bullets for a .470-Capstick can be purchased in the 600 grain bullet weight?

not off the top of my head..
but why?

I ran some numbers today and came up with some impressive readings, with using a 600 grain bullet. I was also curious as to what the 600 grian bullet would bring in various categories such as: 470-Capstick at 2200fps!

Wound Channel = 2.73 dia. in inches.

Relative Penetration = 31.5 with 500 grn & 38 with 600 grn bullet.

Taylor K O Value: = 78 @ 500 & 90 @ 600 grn bullet. The 460-Wby with 500 grn bullet at 2500fps develops an 85!

Thornly Stopping Power: 344 @ 500 & 380 @ 600 grn bullet. The .460-Wby was 351 @ 500grs.
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Originally posted by Blue Dog:
Now does anyone on the forum know where bullets for a .470-Capstick can be purchased in the 600 grain bullet weight?

The only current production is Hawk bullets. Barnes made 600 grainers in the original line but they are now discontinued.

here is the hawk link;
http://hawkbullets.com/Pricelist.htm

Thank you "Buckeyeshooter"!

I will give them a call sometime next week. I do appreciate that link.

happy to help.

Buckeyeshooter I called HAWK bullets and the fellow was great to speak with regarding those 600 grain bullets. It is a special order but no big deal.......Thanks again!

enjoy!

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
not off the top of my head..
but why?

I asked the same thing...

I am going to try some of those 600 grn bullets just so my eyes can read the velocity on the "chrony" and see for myself the penetration between the 2 bullet weights in soaking wet news print.

I am hoping to get at least 2200-fps from this .470-Capstick using 600grn......don't know but should be fact finding when it is all done.

Why you ask? Well my Daddy asked me years ago,when I was 14yrs old "Son, why did you climb up on top of that radio tower"? ( 300-ft up) Well I said it was there and it seemed like a good thing to do at the time.

Sectional Density is .4086 - and I think you'll have
a tough time stabilizing it based on the data that
we've had provided to us here on AR by michael458,
srose and others. But heck, we're rootin' for a HIT!

Big Five Jack, most likely will go with those 550 grain bullets of Woodleigh but I will try several others before writing things in stone.