rt_conHe did send me a picture last night...
From this picture there are a couple of thing I would like to mention, and the pciture is not complete yet as there will probably be one more bullet to add to this collection, a .400/185 grain. But the other things that are notible, in the background you can see the red case with all those good looking blonde bullets neatly tucked in - that is the way they come to your door - packaging that protects...
Another thing, something that I personally like, look at the bullets themselves - they look like bullets - smooth lines and they have a great taper. For a lack of a better term, somebody that knows the term can correct me, but notice the barrel (body) of the bullet it offers a long surface area - that surface area pushed into a sabot then pushed down the bore will offer more surface for the bullet to catch the lands and grooves and get the best rotation possible out of the barrel.
This new 275 is a vision, if I can call it that. Here is one of my first pictures of Lehighs.
If you look at the bullet on the far right - it is a .458/300 grain Lehigh currently offered by Lehigh to 45-70 shooters and it has proven to be very successful for them. You can see i compared it to my current elk bullet a .458/300 gr. Nosler Partition PP - this bullet has been my bread and butter for elk. The Lehigh when I first looked at it - I did not like the the length nor did I like the deep grooves - the grooves prove to be very helpfull for 45-70 and the twist rates of the 45-70 can handle the length just fine - I was concerned about a 1/28 twist rate.
My question to Lehigh Dave and Tom was can you produce this bullet without the grooves and under 1 inch long. My thoughts... with out the deep grooves would not the bullet be more areodynamic and there are some states out west and maybe in the east that require the bullet to be no longer than 2x the bore. I also asked if the cannureling(sp) ring be put in the bullet to add grip to the sabot. My thoughts again in my mind - this just might make an excellent elk-moose-bear bullet - especially if the new theory of Lehigh actually worked.
From this discussion came the .458/275 (i think) but right now I do not care how it came about - Lehigh Dave built it - Tom proved that it will shoot - Lehigh Dave says the tip works - Tom and others showed that on the hog trip. I am really thinking this might be a great all-around bullet for big game in the west - probably way more than you need for whitetail - but if you are hunting elk and deer at the same time - got to be a consideration. Another thought some of you guys that shoot 45-70's would this bullet be of interest to that crowd?
So all I have got to say get them up on the web site so I can buy some.
Sorry about the length - but I am excited about this offering....
