Thread: Speer gold dot

@Bueller very good very close to the remington coreloct
Which they discontinued as a component a few years ago
I used the 120 coreloct aka flying brick heaps

These gold dots have a far better bc than the coreloct
But very similar in Terminal performance

Exit hole down hill shot so entrance was central shoulder but exited low hitting the joint between the sholder and the femour
Absolutely destroyed it as you can see

Thanks 4 that @rambo-6mmrem looking forward to trying my 260 loads now

Cheers, can't argue with that...what distances would you reckon they're good for?

Originally Posted by Bueller

Cheers, can't argue with that...what distances would you reckon they're good for?

That particular shot was on a fellow yearling about 100m

Shot about 5-6 deer with them now and all of them have been awsome as far as bullet performance goes
Not quite as Devastating as the photo but that’s a Special case as om pretty sure it was the bone fragmentS that done all that
Pretty nasty

Normal Performance is a very quick kill with about a 1” exit hole
They generally fall over instantly if i do my bit
Or never more than 30m away if I miss the mark slightly

As far as distance goes ive only ever shot them to 200 on game (lack of opportunities at longer) I geuss that’s a good thing eh
But looking at numbers they will be fine to 400 Possibly a bit further they are a bonded bullet and take a bit more speed to open up
Than say an amax or something
It’s not a matter if being able to hit the target these are very accurate bullets
But you have to make sure you have enough Energy to make them mushroom

Originally Posted by Flyblown

@rambo-6mmrem, those Gold Dots are a fair bit cheaper than that at Reloaders mate. And cheaper still at Workshop Innovations.

I've got a 100 pack of the 62gr in .224 coming. I wouldn't normally go with bonded bullets in .224 as its usually just a varminting rifle. But sometimes it gets used for goats and specifically when I want to recover meat from little ones.

So I did some more reading and found some reference to amazing mushrooms and stone cold killing performance... check this out! This is a screenshot from Johnny's Reloading Bench after a ballistic gel test.

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Far out! That's what I call a pretty little shroom. So when I want a clean kill without lots of fragmentary damage, this looks like it could be just the ticket.

Will be interesting to see if it goes ok in the Tikka 1:12" twist, gut feel is it will be marginal, but I know it will be fine in the CZ 1:9" twist. I can't find any bullet length data for these yet.

Yes good-looking mushrooms but what was the impact velocity if he wasn't hitting those gel blocks at 2 to 300 yards what's the point

I have tried 140gn in 6.5 at about 3000fps..
Terminal about par with a sierra 130 TGK which is very slightly harder than an 143 eldx

Shot a couple of red deer in the last 10 days with the 150g gold dots in my 16" 308. Only recovered 1 projo the other went straight through. Both had substantial bruising.
This is from the stag, retained weight 145g


This is the exit hole from the other I didn't recover

Bloody good info. Im looking for something like this for my 270. I kind of want to use projectiles that are not flavour of the month like eldx- as good as they are- so that Im not committing with everyone else when a shortage comes on. Im using the hot cores right now and really rate them as a lighter projectile, so sticking with speer seems a good idea.


Except bugger! just looked and heaviest in 277 is 115 gr.

115grn might go well slipped in the crease or neck. Should get them humming along with very little recoil.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Sorry @rambo-6mmrem I didn't see the 120s. But jeez you've got wonder about these price hikes eh, its across the board. I've got Sierra boxes here from 21 months ago with $48 stickers, but today the exact same bullets are $75. That's over 50% up in less than two years.

In times of greatest conflict is the time for greatest grab.

@whanahuia that'll still be sweet if you're not long ranging??

My rifle has a faster twist than normal for 270. So not sure if lighter projectiles will be the way to go.

That box of 150grn grandslams are still here if you need them.