Reviews for Sellier and Bellot 180 Fmj 30-06

Czech armament manufacturer Sellier & Bellot offers a wealth of cartridges for hunting use. Some of them have already been presented by all4hunters.com. With the SP and SPCE serial, the company offers loads that are similar in terms of basic construction, but differ in detail. Nosotros were able to take a closer look at the cartridges in .xxx-06 Springfield and .308 Winchester and we are introducing them here.

Sellier & Bellot , an armament manufacturer based in Vlašim, Czech Republic, is known for cartridges of all kinds: from sporting loads for handguns and long guns, to loads for the military/LE market and hunting armament. For the latter, all4hunters.com has already tested various lines, such as the lead-free eXergy Bluish. The SP (Soft Point) and SPCE (Soft Indicate Cut Edge) series, among others, likewise include conventional loads. all4hunters.com has received test armament in the widely used .30-06 Springfield and .308 Winchester calibers and took a closer wait at these cartridges.

On the correct, the SP bullet from Sellier & Bellot; on the left, the SPCE bullet. Easy to recognize: the cutting-through edge.

Part + effect of Soft Bespeak bullets

Basically, Soft Point bullets are those in which a soft metallic core is surrounded by a harder metal jacket. The softer core protrudes a bit from the jacket toward the tip, so it is a partially jacketet bullet. The thought behind this is that upon impact with the game body, the bullet tip deforms and thus increases the cantankerous-section. The event is a improve ballistic effect on the target. The jacket, on the other hand, ensures reliably good ballistics during the bullet flight, equally it improves bullet rotation through the barrel, for instance. In the case of the SPCE variant, the and so-called "cutting edge" is added. This fulfills two functions: on the ane hand, it ensures a clean bullet entrance wound, simply at the aforementioned time produces piece of cake to follow claret trails. Secondly, it securely locks the jacket lead and cadre together. This also ensures a more reliable flying behavior of the bullet.

In item: the Sellier & Bellot SP hunting cartridge

DThe SP cartridge from S&B is the archetype partially jacketed hunting ammo. The jacket is made of a copper-zinc alloy. It is also offered in a wide range of calibers: from the minor .22 Hornet to the big .45-70 Government. Our test cartridges came in .thirty-06 Springfield and .308 Winchester calibers. Here, it comes with a 180-grain bullet that accelerates to a muzzle energy of 825 and 748 meters per second, respectively, bringing an free energy of 3982 and 3273 joules, respectively. At 100 meters, the remaining energy is 725 chiliad/south and 3078 joules (654 thousand/due south and 2501 joules for the .308).

Sellier & Bellot SP: overview of common hunting calibers

Caliber	Bullet Weight in Grains	V0in meters per second	E0in joules	V100 in meters per second	E100in joules
.223 Remington	55	1.006	i.822	846	1.289
.308 Winchester	180	748	3.273	654	two.501
.30-06 Springfield	180	825	3.982	725	iii.078
half dozen,5 Creedmoor	131	835	2.963	757	2.437
half-dozen,5 Creedmoor	140	810	2.985	739	2.484
6,5 Creedmoor	156	745	2.803	683	ii.355
8 x 57 JR	196	710	three.201	596	2.257

Opposite: the archetype SP bullet (right) and the one with cutting edge (left).

Detail: the SPCE hunting load from Seller & Bellot

S & B SPCE in .xxx-06 Springfield.

The SPCE bullet is quite similar to the SP. However, every bit mentioned, it features an additional cut-through border. In the .30-06 examination quotient the bullet also has less of a circular nose pattern as with the SP, as it tapers a flake more. There are likewise far fewer calibers bachelor here. On the other hand, the pick of loads for the "archetype" hunting cartridges is greater. Thither are ii of them in .30-06 Springfield: ane with a 150-grain bullet and 1 with a 180-grain bullet. The sometime is 900 meters per 2d at the cage with an free energy of 3929 joules, while the heavier bullet reaches 805 meters per 2d at the muzzle, at 3791 joules.

Caliber	Bullet Weight in Grains	V0in meters per second	Due east0in joules	V100 in meters per second	E100in joules
.308 Winchester	150	850	3.504	746	2.699
.308 Winchester	180	765	3.424	683	ii.731
.30-06 Springfield	150	900	3.929	793	3.048
.30-06 Springfield	180	805	iii.791	721	three.039
8 10 57 JS	196	790	3.963	701	3.123

Finally: SP and SPCE from Sellier & Bellot

Southward&B offers the SP and SPCE, 2 product lines of conventional bullets that have been proven thousands of times over. The pick between the 2 often also determines the caliber: if the hunter shoots a somewhat more exotic and correspondingly less common cartridge, often the only option is to fall back on the archetype partially jacketed bullet. If, on the other hand, a more than common cartridge is fired, the SPCE has a bullet with more technology and a possibly larger choice of load options.

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