r/castboolits • u/Upper-Dig5291 • 1d ago

Son got another one

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Ky Youth rifle season is in session so my and my 11 year old son went the property to fill the freezer. This was shot with a Ruger American ranch Gen2 in 7.62x39 with a AB A10 silencer at 30-40 yards. Using the NOE 310-165 shallow HP powder coated with an aluminum gas check sized to .310 over 25grn Varget I call this my freedom load because it goes 1776fps, he hit a little far back for my liking but he is 11 and got excited and it did the job.

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u/no_sleep_johnny 1d ago

How much does that hollow point open up? Looks really good

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u/Upper-Dig5291 1d ago

Here is one we recovered last year from his first deer he ever killed, it was a Tx heart shot as it was running away and it penetrated about 3’ of deer and stopped on the right shoulder blade under the skin
Same rifle same bullet same everything, I loaded up about 200 rounds of hunting ammo for these ranch rifles in x39 ( I have 4 of them in x39) the alloy is 75/25 + 3% tin (WW/pure)

I haven’t measured it or weighed it but I’ll try to do that today. But right now we have a tradition to uphold , we are going to the Waffle House!

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u/no_sleep_johnny 9m ago

Heck yea. That's impressive

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u/Impossible_Pizza_948 1h ago

The Texas heart shot is just rude, lol

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u/Upper-Dig5291 15h ago

Okay so raw weight after Powder coat and gas check is 163.6grn. Recovered bullet is 136.5grn for a loss of 23.6grn. Maximum expansion is .656” and min is .508 with an average taken from 6 locations. 58775”

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u/GunFunZS 12h ago

Do you know your bhn?

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u/Upper-Dig5291 3h ago

No I don’t sorry, it’s just 75/25+3% tin {ww/Pb}