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What would cause a 6.5mm 155gr bullet to bend on impact or shortly thereafter? Any ideas or experience of this? OWLS My Africa, with which I will never be able to live without! | ||
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Bullets bend ! Usually if it hits bone not square on as I understand. There have been postings here ,one recent , that show various bullets recovered that were bent . | |||
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If it doesn't hit bone and the bullet still bends, what caused it? Have seen that happened on a few occasions. | |||
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I,ve seen gelatin tests where a 223 military bullet broke in two at the cannular [designed that way ?] The forces are very high on a bullet and it it tumbles it could bend. | |||
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If you`re referring to some of the old Norma R/N bullets I have seen a few[3-5] bend pretty bad on heavy boned stuff like Eland. Once on an elk. I switched to the H-Mantle for better results. Aloha, Mark When the fear of death is no longer a concern----the Rules of War change!! | |||
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I´ve had Lapua Megas in 156 gr bend and they´ve also exploded on impact. After loading them down a bit performance became more consistent and reliable. | |||
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What speed are you running them at? | |||
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This was a load I "developed" before I had a chrono but the load was a little above max using the Vihtavuori manual. At that time I was using a M96 that took the loads well, but that rifle was sold after I was given an M98 in the same caliber. My "new" (probably modified from a Mexican M98) rifle froze up solid when I tried shooting the M96 loads in it. The load I´m now using is 2.8 grams of VV 165 in Lapua brass with a Federal magnum primer and it chronos at 760 ms -abd the bullets perform nicely. I can check the "overloads" if you like and if you feel lucky...my gunsmith told me to start thinking about my health when I reload after he sorted out the M98  | |||
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I do not have the factory numbers in front of me, but how close is your current load to the Lapua 155 Mega load? I have both factory loaded ammo and 200 bullets of the Lapua 155 Mega and want to develop it for hunting. I have no need for high velocity, but I do want velocities around the ones Lapua is pushing, or original development of the cartridge. | |||
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333_OKH: Do you mean how close the load is to the factory loading? If that is what you mean I don´t really know as I´ve always shot handloads. I remember my load being +3.0 grams on N165, I can get the exact numbers for you tomorrow. I do not recommend that load for any rifle as I seem to have been way off pressure wise. | |||
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As I recall Cewes 6,5x55 has a VERY tight bore, for some obscure reason. boha | |||
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Boha: The bore is tight and the "bullet space" is short so that adds pressure for sure as the bullet needs to be seated deaper. Then again less powder gives a higher pressure and one still gets more or less the same performance. | |||
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