Author Topic: The 200 gr Speer Hot Core Bullets (Read 965 times)

jro45 · « **on:** November 16, 2005, 05:57:14 AM »

I E-mailed Speer and asked about their Hot core 200gr bullet. Could it take high Velocity like 3000 FPS or would it come apartin flight. Would it come apart when it entered game.

Speer reply was that it could handle a WBY 300's velocity witch is over 3000 fps. They said that the bullet would NOT come apart as it entered game at that Velocity.

victorcharlie · « **Reply #1 on:** November 16, 2005, 09:11:52 AM »

Yea......sure........right.............Count me as skeptical.....

jro45 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 17, 2005, 03:07:21 AM »

Well thats what they E-Mailed me back.I thought the bullet would distroy its self at that velocity. Anybody know different?

Lone Star · « **Reply #3 on:** November 17, 2005, 03:21:09 AM »

It is rare for a HotCore bullet to "come apart" in the traditional sense, considering that the core is permanently bound to the jacket. These bullets usually produce smaller mushrooms and do not over-expand - they give deeper penetration than conventional jacketed bullets. However, I have not used the .308/200 Speer HC so I do not know for certain. From personal experience, the .338/200 Speer HC does hold together and penetrate well on caribou at .338 Magnum velocities (ca. 3000 fps). Ditto the .277/130 Speer HC at 3100 fps on deer.

Few if any game bullets will come apart in flight; the bullets which do so are very thin jacketed varmint bullets fired at a velocity too high for their jacket strength. 3000 fps is not very fast in today's shooting world.

beemanbeme · « **Reply #4 on:** November 18, 2005, 04:17:36 PM »

It certainly wasn't traveling at any 3000fps but the first elk I killed was with a 30-06 and a 200gr hot core. I do know it killed the elk as dead as any subsequent elk I killed with high dollar bullets.

jro45 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 24, 2005, 02:52:16 AM »

From what I was told the hot core bullet is not bonded. It gets its name because the shell has the hot lead poured into it and the shape of the shell
holds this lead in and it is a great idea cause it still does hold the lead in real good. Thats why it called Hot Core.

TexasNimrod · « **Reply #6 on:** November 24, 2005, 05:36:39 PM »

The 160 grain HotCore bullet in a 7x57 is my choice for Feral Hogs. I had worked this load up as a backup rifle for an elk hunt. Never did get that elk, but it sure has killed a lot of pigs.