Lehigh Defense 300gr Controlled Fracturing! Machined Brass Devastation

By Bob Owens | 11:24 AM | November 22, 2014

These 300 grain, .458-cailber bullets provide some of the most impressive ballistic performance I’ve seen. The bullet’s four machined almost half-inch long petals separated as designed and carved their own wound channels, and the base penetrated the gel block fully. Designed as a subsonic bullet for the .45-70 catridge, this also bullet works well in the .458 SOCOM and .50 muzzleloaders via a sabot, as demonstrated here.

This would seem to be a great round for thin-skinned medium-bodied game.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.