Hogzilla

[xoxoxoBruce]

As previously stated, the ammunition for the big Five Hundred is produced by Cor-Bon in Sturgis, South Dakota. Cor-Bon is well known for producing premium quality high-performance ammunition.

The specifications for the new S&W magnum include a 275 grain Barnes hollow point at 1665 feet-per-second, a 400 grain Hawk soft-point at 1675 fps, and a 440 grain hard cast gas-checked Cast Performance flat nosed lead bullet at 1625 fps.

The case length for the big magnum is 1.625 inches. While I wasn’t able to obtain any of the 400 grain ammunition, I had both the 275 grain load and the 440 grain load available for testing. As you can readily see from the specs, both the 275 and the 440 grain loads are traveling at about the same velocity, and are really each in their own class. The Barnes is built to open up quickly upon impact, and the 440 grain Cast Performance bullet is built for deep penetration on the toughest flesh and bone.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Useful info. Got a link for it? -- I'll bet there's more, and I'm none too well versed on these out-there revolver cartridges.

[xoxoxoBruce]

You see the line under the first three words?

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Actually, there isn't a line, not in the quote-box anyway. But now that I pass the cursor over, it indicates. Color contrast is really too darn low here.

[xoxoxoBruce]

There's a line on my screen. And they are dark blue instead of black.

[zippyt]

Barnes bullets are VERRY interesting , solid copper , and lighter than lead , but more punch from what I have read ,

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Maybe I have a different skin or something for the site. I've got the brown outlines and bars for the posts and all the buttons are brown -- different with you?

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Barnes designs are for deep penetration and little expansion. Elephant gun tech.

[zippyt]

http://www.barnesbullets.com/products/pistol/
Xpb bullets expand
http://www.barnesbullets.com/product...banded-solids/
These are their monolithic solids

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Maybe I have a different skin or something for the site. I've got the brown outlines and bars for the posts and all the buttons are brown -- different with you?

Yes, I use the old style, blue shades, vBulletin 3 style. But I just changed to the brown/green style you're using and the line is under the first three words, which are a different color, in post #16.
Curiouser and curiouser.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by zippyt

http://www.barnesbullets.com/products/pistol/
Xpb bullets expand
http://www.barnesbullets.com/product...banded-solids/
These are their monolithic solids

Banded Solids would not be a good choice for indoors, methinks. They could go right through a child and ruin perfectly good furniture.

[Clodfobble]

UG, you probably just have to update your browser settings. (This is all assuming you're using Internet Explorer...) Go to Tools --> Internet Options. Click on the Advanced tab, and about halfway down the list you'll see a line that says "Underline links" followed by three bullet choices: Always, Hover, Never.

Choose "Always," and Bruce's link should become underlined for you.

[zippyt]

Banded Solids would not be a good choice for indoors, methinks.

Noppers , they are for Elephants , water buffalo , and the such , DEEp bone chrushing penatration , like they tought us in basic training " if your apponent is bigger than you go for his knees , get him down to your level !!"

A lot of people used to fill in the tips of their bullets with copper.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Isn't a copper slug what they use for shaped charges, to penetrate thick armor?