Southern Shooter
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I will be casting 360 grain bullets for a short-barrel Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan .454 Casull. The velocity goal would be 1,000 FPS. The material used will be clip-on wheel weights that will be water-cooled. Most will be for target shooting and for woods protection in the Southeast.
However, there will be times that I will be spending time hiking and camping in the backcountry of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. If I run into an unhappy, large animal I would like to protect myself and thought about making the bullets used, myself.
Question:
Would water-cooled wheel weights be hard enough to have the needed penetration for large animals? Also, does it matter how cool the water is when the bullets drops in? Does the water temperature effect how hard the cast bullet ends up?
Thanks
However, there will be times that I will be spending time hiking and camping in the backcountry of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. If I run into an unhappy, large animal I would like to protect myself and thought about making the bullets used, myself.
Question:
Would water-cooled wheel weights be hard enough to have the needed penetration for large animals? Also, does it matter how cool the water is when the bullets drops in? Does the water temperature effect how hard the cast bullet ends up?
Thanks