Model12Win
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Stop getting hung up on muzzle energy.
A 2 3/4" or 3" rifled slug will do all it needs to out to 50 yards or better.
A 2 3/4" or 3" rifled slug will do all it needs to out to 50 yards or better.
400 gr at 2700 is .458 WM velocity/weight and that's 50,000 CUP for a .458 rifle.
The 700 Nitro is packing about 11500 lbs of energy at the muzzle with a 1000 grain bullet!(factory loaded bullet) That is some AMAZING power! It also recoils with about 198lbs!!! In comparison a 30.06-depending on the load and the rifle- has about 18 lbs.
Surprisingly the T-Rex, the less powerful of the two with a 750 grain projectile producing just over 10000 lbs of energy has a recoil average of 220 lbs!!!! That is enough to break your wrist if you do not know what you are not experienced and know what you are doing.
Can we get a 1 oz slug to travel 2,700FPS in a standard 12-gauge shotgun without putting life or property in danger?
Back visiting here to tell about project a few of us over
on AR did..It is big wildcat called the 12GA From Hell.
First it is a long case we made by putting 12ga size rim
on bmg brass, and straightened case out.Two others put
it in big Borchardt falling block actions, and I put it in
a Savage 210 Bolt action with long heavy barrel and a heavy
stock..I got a hard Dixie Terminator 730 gr slug out at
2700 fps. The Borchardts will do more.Here is picture of our
case next to a regular plastic 12ga case, which by the way
can also be fired in our chambers.Ed Hubel
The beginning of this thread predates the ubiquitous "12 gauge rifle from Hell" posts. Ed Hubel has been working on high velocity slug loads for 12 gauge shotguns for quite a while.
First it is a long case we made by putting 12ga size rim
on bmg brass, and straightened case out.Two others put
it in big Borchardt falling block actions, and I put it in
a Savage 210 Bolt action with long heavy barrel and a heavy
stock..