These in most cases these bullets will tumble. They are great choices for dangerous game defense. They work ok in hogs and deer. Never recovered one. Damage is good.
Interesting bullet for this caliber. I wonder how it would compare to traditional lead core bullets when shooting something like a whitetail. It's not legal in my state as we have to use expanding type bullets but there may be places where it is legal.
@@frankbrowning328 I’d say it would be a passthrough with most shots. Just depends on what it hits on the way through. If it didn’t hit some vitals it may not put on down very quickly. It should do good with some good placement. Would wreck havoc on double shoulder or hip shots.
Interesting. The Lehigh penetrators that I am used to were specifically for the Beowulf and not for the 500s&w. One, they were/are 325gr and solid brass. The tip design is different too, still with the screwdriver fluting but also with a flat tip. These were the ones I mentioned in another video post, 38grs of lil’ gun, and doing around 1995fps. I think I have some Lehigh, Brass, Beowulf, Spitzer bullets somewhere too. Those are probably 350gr. Never got around to loading those. Bought a bunch of their stuff when they were a new company and affordable. I have some 78gr aluminum tipped, but brassed bodied 300blk/308 bullets too.
I would’ve liked the more clear block up front to get a better picture of the initial wound cavity. I’d love to see a Lehigh bullet ran in 6.8 blackout. Since rotational energy causes a lot of the disruption from this design, you’d think they’d be money in a 1:3.
@@Snailz5 nothing really impressive about the initial wound cavity. It opens up to 3”-4” for most of the penetration. Only time it does anything different is if it starts tumbling in the last 1/4 of the wound track. I filmed all 7 of these videos on the same trip and saved the clearer blocks for the bullets I knew were going to expand. I’m due to upgrade my blocks again. I’ve been getting them in pairs but with shipping a pair runs $200 so it’s blocks or bullets. Lol.
@@kentuckyrangetime I just checked their site. They really don't have a single 33. Talk about a missed opportunity! They make a rotationally based bullet and they don't have a model for the rotationally based cartridge. Ridiculous!
@ True. Hopefully it’s in development. I think the whole fiasco with Hornady put the viability of the 8.6-3R twist in question and the manufacturers were stuck between starting development and not wanting to put time into a cartridge that may fade away.
Seams like a predictable outcome. Most of the Lehigh XD or XP testing I've seen the bullet tumbles. I thought this one might be different due to its length. I'd still give the win to your 350 grain XTP Mag test.
@@rangetime6779 👍🏻. The Lehigh Xtreme Defense and Penetrator have yielded typical across most calibers I’ve tested. I’d have both the 350XTP and the 500XTP pretty high up on my list. 😉
These in most cases these bullets will tumble. They are great choices for dangerous game defense. They work ok in hogs and deer. Never recovered one. Damage is good.
Interesting bullet for this caliber. I wonder how it would compare to traditional lead core bullets when shooting something like a whitetail. It's not legal in my state as we have to use expanding type bullets but there may be places where it is legal.
@@frankbrowning328 I’d say it would be a passthrough with most shots. Just depends on what it hits on the way through. If it didn’t hit some vitals it may not put on down very quickly. It should do good with some good placement. Would wreck havoc on double shoulder or hip shots.
Interesting. The Lehigh penetrators that I am used to were specifically for the Beowulf and not for the 500s&w. One, they were/are 325gr and solid brass. The tip design is different too, still with the screwdriver fluting but also with a flat tip. These were the ones I mentioned in another video post, 38grs of lil’ gun, and doing around 1995fps.
I think I have some Lehigh, Brass, Beowulf, Spitzer bullets somewhere too. Those are probably 350gr. Never got around to loading those.
Bought a bunch of their stuff when they were a new company and affordable. I have some 78gr aluminum tipped, but brassed bodied 300blk/308 bullets too.
@@jacobmoore7650 Sweet!! The price has definitely gone up. Lol
I bet those 78gr would be awesome in .300blk.
I would’ve liked the more clear block up front to get a better picture of the initial wound cavity. I’d love to see a Lehigh bullet ran in 6.8 blackout. Since rotational energy causes a lot of the disruption from this design, you’d think they’d be money in a 1:3.
@@Snailz5 nothing really impressive about the initial wound cavity. It opens up to 3”-4” for most of the penetration. Only time it does anything different is if it starts tumbling in the last 1/4 of the wound track.
I filmed all 7 of these videos on the same trip and saved the clearer blocks for the bullets I knew were going to expand.
I’m due to upgrade my blocks again. I’ve been getting them in pairs but with shipping a pair runs $200 so it’s blocks or bullets. Lol.
@@Snailz5 I’d love to see an 8.6 bullet offering from Lehigh, especially one designed for supersonic velocities. 😉
@@kentuckyrangetime I just checked their site. They really don't have a single 33. Talk about a missed opportunity! They make a rotationally based bullet and they don't have a model for the rotationally based cartridge. Ridiculous!
@ True. Hopefully it’s in development. I think the whole fiasco with Hornady put the viability of the 8.6-3R twist in question and the manufacturers were stuck between starting development and not wanting to put time into a cartridge that may fade away.
Seams like a predictable outcome. Most of the Lehigh XD or XP testing I've seen the bullet tumbles. I thought this one might be different due to its length. I'd still give the win to your 350 grain XTP Mag test.
@@rangetime6779 👍🏻. The Lehigh Xtreme Defense and Penetrator have yielded typical across most calibers I’ve tested.
I’d have both the 350XTP and the 500XTP pretty high up on my list. 😉