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  • olde sarge
    Warrior
    • May 2014
    • 247

    Lehigh Defense LLC bullets

    I added a little bit of info to the dedicated Grendel bullet thread about Lehigh Defense but felt I needed to start a thread about this company separately. They make a 95 grain bullet for .264 caliber rifles that is lead free and sells for $29/100. Great price for mono bullets. All reports I could find on their bullets were very positive. Hope you find this helpful. Look here for info on bullet and company. http://www.lehighdefense.com/index.p...-26-42_-detail
  • BluntForceTrauma
    Administrator
    • Feb 2011
    • 3897

    #2
    Good find, Sarge, very intriguing. I've known about Lehigh for quite a while, have checked out their website, but somehow this escaped me. These would, at the very least be worth testing. And the price is less than match HPBTs!

    I just read about Sierra making polymer tipped MatchKing bullets for Black Hills. The tip, alone, supposedly increased the BC in M118LR from 0.496 to 0.535 and Mk262 from 0.373 to 0.420.

    Question: What BC could Lehigh get with their 95gr 6.5mm 0.374 BC bullet by adding a polymer tip?
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    • olde sarge
      Warrior
      • May 2014
      • 247

      #3
      HANKA, I am unable to answer your question. I just thought that someone versed in the proper language on bullets might want to contact them and be able to voice what we need for the Grendel. Who knows what could happen. They represent themselves as a small company with precision machines and testing facilities that pay close attention to user needs. They have done 300BLK specific bullets so why not the Grendel?

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      • mongoosesnipe
        Chieftain
        • May 2012
        • 1142

        #4
        Lehigh bullets have come up a few times, I have used a few of thier .458 sub sonic bullet, but I have not played with any of thier supersonic offerings
        Punctuation is for the weak....

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        • biodsl
          Chieftain
          • Aug 2011
          • 1714

          #5
          From Gunblast.com
          "One of the things the machining process design allows us to do is change a bullet design very quickly. If we see a need out there…we can make changes very quickly…we can be working on a bullet design this morning and by this afternoon we can be test firing it." Mike Cyrus, Lehigh Defense.

          At about 10:57, they shoot a block of gel and discuss the Controlled Chaos bullet design.
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          • ricsmall
            Warrior
            • Sep 2014
            • 987

            #6
            Very interesting find sarge. Thanks
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            • stanc
              Banned
              • Apr 2011
              • 3430

              #7
              Expansion only occurs upon impact through hydraulic energy. (They only expand when they hit “wet.”)
              Methinks I foresee a problem with the BATF'ers...

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              • cory
                Chieftain
                • Jun 2012
                • 2985

                #8
                Then we better get some while we can. haha
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                • LRRPF52
                  Super Moderator
                  • Sep 2014
                  • 8569

                  #9
                  Just ordered 200. BC is listed as .374 G1, which is higher than a 100gr NBT. Gonna spit these out with a fast powder, since there are relief bands cut into the bearing surface.

                  Wish I would have seen the deal for 250 bullets for only $71.22.

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                  • Grendel84
                    Unwashed
                    • Apr 2014
                    • 22

                    #10
                    Thanks, I just ordered 500 of the 45gr 224 to try, and probably be grabbing some of these as well. How fast are you expecting to get these going? I'm curious if they expand at all under 2k FPS being brass instead of copper.

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                    • LRRPF52
                      Super Moderator
                      • Sep 2014
                      • 8569

                      #11
                      I'm thinking 2750-2800fps from a 16" barrel. Maybe 2850 from an 18" barrel. We'll see. Shorter solids with relief bands do better with faster powders. These are shorter than a Barnes 100gr TTSX, but with a higher BC, so it will be interesting.

                      These are hollow points, so not AP. Nose deforms rapidly.
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                      • am4966
                        Chieftain
                        • Jul 2014
                        • 1036

                        #12
                        These dont expand per se, after hitting fluids they shatter. However when they look at the damage on the Gel Blocks, there are 3 larger sections doing terminal damage and lots of smaller pieces and the base continues for deep penetration.
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                        • En4cr
                          Unwashed
                          • Oct 2014
                          • 5

                          #13
                          Looks like I need to pick some up! Good find

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                          • JASmith
                            Chieftain
                            • Sep 2014
                            • 1620

                            #14
                            If I read their summary of how the bullet works correctly, they designed an all-copper bullet to function like the Berger VLD hunting bullet. I think that is why I did not get excited about them when I first saw their page a few months ago -- they appear to not function like the TTSX on game.

                            Mot interesting, though, is the price. It appears to be not much more than bullets we would consider for practice, plinking, and varminting. So, if one feels that the penetration seen by the TTSX or the GS Custom bullet is needed for their style of medium game hunting, the Lehigh bullet should do very well for everything else.

                            I would also be surprised if the mid-range trajectories are all that much different if both are sighted to the same point of impact at 300 yards.
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                            • BluntForceTrauma
                              Administrator
                              • Feb 2011
                              • 3897

                              #15
                              I'm not entirely excited about using brass. Am I mistaken in thinking it's more brittle than copper, or copper-zinc alloy? I think they WANT their brass projectiles to shatter, whereas I still believe in mushrooming. Thoughts?
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