reynolds357
New member
I discovered a strange phenomenon yesterday on my range. I was shooting my 257 Roy at 200 yds. 85 gr bonded Norma spire points chronoed at 3800 to 3840 at 10 yds. I was shooting A500 plate. I have shot these plates with 300 win mag, 338 lapua, 7 Rum, 264 win mag, and a host of others. This particular plate has been shot with 300 win mag and 264 win mag. I have never shot through these plates with anything not steel core. Well yesterday I thought the 257 Roy was acting anemic. It barely moved the plate. After 3 shots, I walked down to inspect it. 3 shots, 3 clean blow throughs. I would have never in 1000 years dreamed a 85 gr bonded soft point would do that.