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Hornady DGX 480gr test shots and recovery and photos

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13 March 2009, 05:28
retreever
Hornady DGX 480gr test shots and recovery and photos
I wanted to shoot these bullets into something hard to see how they would expand... So I shot them into a hardwood cherry log around 30 inches in length... I took my chain saw and sawed thru to make it look like a plywood test box... Cuts were made from around 1 inch thick wood and up to 2 inch thick with at least 10 cuts make in the log...
Bullets penetrated 18+ inches and the fully mshroomed bullet penetrated 24 inches. some of the bullets hit knots in the wood and you see how they formed... But all of the bullets did not bend at all and penetrated straight line...

Mike

The weights of the DGX bullets are:

463grs., 480gr., 433gr, 456gr, 500gr. interlock




Michael Podwika... DRSS bigbores and hunting www.pvt.co.za " MAKE THE SHOT " 450#2 Famars
13 March 2009, 07:31
Antlers
Thanks for the report Mike. By the way, it was a pleasure meeting you and your wife in Dallas.


Antlers
Double Rifle Shooters Society
Heym 450/400 3"