I bought a Kimber Aegis Elite Custom over a year ago, with the intent of converting it to 460 Rowland. After a go-around with Rowland, I wound up buying the kit from Clark's. I plan on using it on deer, whitetail and mulies, and possibly elk. My original intent was to use solid lead bullets from Missouri Bullet Co, But I also picked up a couple boxes of 250 gr. Speer Deep Curls. My best loads with the lead bullets ran 2" @ 25 yds. with over 1250 fps velocity. The Speer bullets gave me 1177 fps and a 1.5" group with a SD of 9.6. Knowing that the lead bullet would give me good penetration, I loaded a couple of Speers for a water jug test. I used regular milk jugs, and some ECOS laundry detergent jugs. These have very thick walls, and are 7" thick so I put them in the front of the line. At the shot, it was just like the film clips on the Rowland web site. There was water everywhere. It even came back at me for 10-12 feet. It blew the caps off both ECOS bottles, and split 2 walls of the first bottle. It mushroomed in the first bottle and dented the far wall of the second bottle. The recovered bullet looked like a starfish. The 7 petals opened up and curled back slightly. It measured 1.42" in diameter, and still weighed 250 gr! I was impressed!
I also took my Springfield TRP long slide in 10mm with me. I shoot a 200 gr coated Missouri Bullet Co at 1130 fps. That bullet penetrated 3 ECOS bottles and a milk jug set diagonally to the line of fire, and kept on going. There appeared to be a little expansion of the bullet in the first jug. I searched for the bullet, but couldn't find it. Again, there was water everywhere.
I chose these pistols because they are 1911s, and the optics were factory installed. They both have co-witnessed iron sights. I bought the 10mm first, and chose the Kimber because I like the rounded butt better than a straight one.
The question now is do I go with the 250 gr lead bullet for through and through penetration, knowing that part of the season there will be no snow on the ground, or the devastation of the Speer bullet?
I also took my Springfield TRP long slide in 10mm with me. I shoot a 200 gr coated Missouri Bullet Co at 1130 fps. That bullet penetrated 3 ECOS bottles and a milk jug set diagonally to the line of fire, and kept on going. There appeared to be a little expansion of the bullet in the first jug. I searched for the bullet, but couldn't find it. Again, there was water everywhere.
I chose these pistols because they are 1911s, and the optics were factory installed. They both have co-witnessed iron sights. I bought the 10mm first, and chose the Kimber because I like the rounded butt better than a straight one.
The question now is do I go with the 250 gr lead bullet for through and through penetration, knowing that part of the season there will be no snow on the ground, or the devastation of the Speer bullet?