Speer Gold Dot 150 BLK

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Re: Speer Gold Dot 150 BLK

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rb288 wrote:Ok, so, I have been playing with this bullet for a while now, and am just starting to get it figured out.
However, it has raised a few questions.
I am shooting RAR 16" rifle and getting excellant groups, 1 moa or better @100 yds, with, 20.0, 21.0, and 23.0 gns of CFE BLK.
My only "issue", and I may be overthinking this, is that my velocities aren't what I think they should be.
Meaured with a Magneto Speed they are as follows, average for 5 round groups....
20.0 gn....1845 fps
21.0 gn...1959 fps
23.0 gn...2117 fps

The best group was the 21.0 @1959 fps, a .75moa group, the other 2 groups were at 1moa.
Am I being overly "velocity crazy"?
How far do you plan to shoot? At 2117 you're over 1000 ft/lbs to 175 yards or so, and the bullet will still expand way past that. But if you must go faster, try some Shooters World.
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Re: Speer Gold Dot 150 BLK

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It looks like your velocity in the RARR is very close to what I clocked. In my RARR, I only fired 3 rounds of each charge that was ladder tested, 23.0 gr CFE-BLK: 2125,2132, and then 2059? (.575 group @ 100 yds)
The same was done with 1680: 2153,2148,2139,(.435 group@ 100 yds) these 3 the SD was 7.07 using CCI 450 primer.

The CFE loads were with Rem 7.5's, next try in 5 shot groups will be the CFE with the CCI 450. I will also be testing some Shooters World Blackout...Ain't none of that happening for awhile...-20 tonight.

The above data was shot across my Chrony Beta Master @ 12 ft, using the Caldwell IR LED light kit.
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Re: Speer Gold Dot 150 BLK

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I’ve been looking at these 150GDs for a while and got curious about how the BC discrepancy so I plotted some numbers based on the published max loads vs the Barnes 110 TAC-TX. With the official Spear BC it looks like they would be better above about 65yds. but if I use the lower 0.346 number, the 110s look to hold higher energy out to about 175yrd. or so. Still, at half the price these GDs are probably worth the hit. I picked up a couple hundred that I still need to load and test along with the 110s and see if I like one over the other.

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Do we trust the Barnes official BC ?

ETA: I used 1960 & 2350 for the MV so YMMV
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Re: Speer Gold Dot 150 BLK

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NeverBlue wrote:I’ve been looking at these 150GDs for a while and got curious about how the BC discrepancy so I plotted some numbers based on the published max loads vs the Barnes 110 TAC-TX. With the official Spear BC it looks like they would be better above about 65yds. but if I use the lower 0.346 number, the 110s look to hold higher energy out to about 175yrd. or so. Still, at half the price these GDs are probably worth the hit. I picked up a couple hundred that I still need to load and test along with the 110s and if I like one over the other.

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Do we trust the Barnes official BC ?

ETA: I used 1960 & 2350 for the MV so YMMV
The BC for the Barnes is reasonable. So the graph is reasonably correct. If there is an issue or correction to be done it would be with the velocities used.

Basically you used max velocity for the Barnes 110 and low to mid level velocity for the 150 Speer.

You should bring the Speer up to at least 2050 fps. as realistic in a 16" barrel. Or 2150 if you want to compare max to max. I would also use the lower BC number for the Speer to stay within a safe margin of error until drops from 50-200 yards could be use to confirm.
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Re: Speer Gold Dot 150 BLK

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Yeah I was going to use a higher MV for the GDs but the only powders they list that exceed the 1960fps is Lil’gun and A5744. After reading this thread, it seems like you guys aren’t to fond of Lil’gun and I don’t know much about A5744. I wanted to try some N110 vs 1680 so I went with 1960 just to keep to the published data. I did a plot with the GDs starting at 2000fps and they were holding more energy starting above 40yrds.

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Re: Speer Gold Dot 150 BLK

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NeverBlue wrote:Yeah I was going to use a higher MV for the GDs but the only powders they list that exceed the 1960fps is Lil’gun and A5744. After reading this thread, it seems like you guys aren’t to fond of Lil’gun and I don’t know much about A5744. I wanted to try some N110 vs 1680 so I went with 1960 just to keep to the published data. I did a plot with the GDs starting at 2000fps and they were holding more energy starting above 40yrds.

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Speer was pretty conservative with their 1680 data. Take a look at Accurate powder’s or Hornady data for 1680. No reason not to be 2100 fps in a 16” barrel with a flatbase bullet, 2050 is easy.

Lil’gun can be a bit erratic with heavier bullets and even worse at low temps.
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If you use 2050 fps for the Gold Dot, and 2350 for the Barnes. The gold dot will have more energy at the muzzle and well past 200 yards. 1000# is the general number for effective energy on deer sized animals. At those speeds, the Barnes will drop to 1000# around 125 yards and the Gold Dot around 160.

If you want to compare drops at those velocities the Sierra 150 Pro Hunter is a good substitute for calculators with a bullet selection. It might surprise you.

Your thinking is spot on, most people don’t look that far into bullet performance. Faster isn’t always better.
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Re: Speer Gold Dot 150 BLK

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Any updates on this bullet? More load confirmation? More hunting kills?

Dellet, you're using A1680 for your load, is that right? We can go to PM if you don't want to put it here.

Lastly, does anyone know if the Federal Fusion 150 grain uses this 150 GD bullet? Looks similar and Federal loads several people's bullets in their ammo.
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Re: Speer Gold Dot 150 BLK

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I don’t see where Federal is offering the Fusion in 300AAC Blackout. “This 150 GD bullet” is blackout specific so if they are using a Speer GD it would likely be be the the other 150 offering... 308150GDB I think.
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Re: Speer Gold Dot 150 BLK

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https://www.federalpremium.com/products ... /f300bmsr2

I've got weak Google fu and found lots of videos and this from Federal.
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