Thor Bullet's New 300gr Ballistic Tip

The new 300gr Ballistic Tip Thor has arrived! Originally the 300gr Thor was available in only a Hollow Point. They have now added the Ballistic Tip for those of us who like the Aerodynamic shape and the performance. I got a few packages to try out in my rifles, i ordered the .500" Diameter bullet as all of my CVA's use this size.


I had recently added Ultra Coating's Bore Coat to the inside of the bore of my CVA Accura. I did quite a bit of testing but with the easy to load Powerbelt Bullets. The Thor's came in at a perfect time and i was able to test a few of them the same day they came in the mail.

After running a few dry patches down the Accura's bore to mop up excess Montana X-treme Bore Oil, i went and started to pre-measure my loads and put them into Lanes Powder Tubes.

I measured out Twenty 100 grain Volume Blackhorn209 Charges and put them into the range box for in the morning. I normally use CCI 209M primers but the lady that normally works at the store where i buy primers at, was not in and the guy behind the counter was completely lost and did not know where the other 9 boxes were "hiding". I settled on the Regular CCI 209 primers in the blue box. I often shoot these out of my CVA Hunterbolt .50cal with Blackhorn209 so i figured i may as well give it a go in the Accura the next morning.

Getting up the next morning it was a very nice cool, slightly breezy day, great for fast barrel cool down without a long wait.

Getting the Caldwell FCX Lead Sled set up, new target up at 50 yards put my ear protection on, i went and grabbed a powder tube, carefully poured the powder down the muzzle and selected the 300gr Thor Ballistic Tip. The .500" Thor in my CVA Accura loads with finger pressure. I follow up with my Range Rod and load it down smoothly and firmly on top of the Powder charge. Consistent loading pressure is key to getting great accuracy with a muzzle loader!

At 50 yards it was DEAD ON. I allowed a few minutes in between shots so the barrel could cool down a bit and loaded/shot Two more rounds into the target. I was extremely happy with the results as you can see on the left side of the screen.


Later that late evening i took all of the gear to my 100 yard shooting range and put a fresh target up, set up the Lead Sled, Loaded the rifle again "I did NOT clean the rifle from the previous 50 yard range shooting" Put my Ear protection on and squeezed the Accura's Light, Crisp Trigger.

I ended up being aprox 2" Low at 100 yards but center. After taking a couple more shots for adjustments of the scope, I gave the rifle 20 minutes to cool down and then did it all over again for a final 3 shot group on a fresh target. The first Two shots were under 1" Apart, Barrel heat on the next shot had the 300gr Thor push up out of the other group for a 3 shot group measuring just a touch over 1 1/2". I am confident that with a proper barrel cool down " Patience" This rifle will have no trouble at all shooting these 300gr Ballistic Tip Thor's into a 1" group @ 100 yards.




Setting up my RCBS AmmoMaster Chronograph at 10 feet from the muzzle, I ran Three shots through the Chrono with the 300gr Thor. With 100gr Blackhorn209 "Volume" The 300gr Thor averages 1,832 FPS. For comparison, i used a lighter weight 295gr Powerbelt with the same powder charge and it only shot 1,794 FPS.

The Thor's Hollow Base really creates a very nice tight seal. Blackhorn209 loves lots of seating pressure but i chose to do it firmly rather than look like a monkey hanging off my range rod trying to pack it as tight as possible. You have to remember that when you are in the field, that nice range rod is back at home and you are going to have to do the reloading with your ramrod which is MUCH shorter than the range rod.

Testing the 300gr Thor for expansion with 100gr Blackhorn209 into Three 1 Gallon jugs of water at 50 yards, i made a movie of me loading and shooting the jugs. I am shooting at a very steep uphill angle and due to this, Two of the pedals did not open fully. I will be testing a lot more with everything from 2x6's soaked in water until soggy, Wet/Dry News Paper and then my favorite, Sloppy Wet Sand mixed into a cement like state.

These new Ballistic Tips up to this point will be my elk load this year. I will be testing them in the CVA Apex, Optima,Wolf and V2 Accura later on as well.

Overall i am very happy with the Quality, Accuracy and Performance of the 300gr BT Thor!

Please enjoy the video! There's a BIG splash and Slow-Mo towards to end showing the water exploding from one jug to the next as the bullet passes through. Pay close attention to what i use to load the Thor in the Accura's bore, before pushing it down with my Range rod.