ksb — krieghoff segmentation bullet

KSB
Krieghoff Segmentation Bullet
Bullet designed and engineered by Krieghoff, Cartidge manufactured by
NEW, REVOLUTIONARY, UNIQUE!
KSB — KRIEGHOFF SEGMENTATION BULLET
Driven by the demand of environmently friendly bullet materials in todays
market, Krieghoff developed a bullet which delivers outstanding performance
and is based on the latest technology.
In comparison to traditional well known deformation or fragmentation
bullets, the new patented Krieghoff KSB bullet combines the best of both
worlds!
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Six thin drive bands (1), located on the main body of the bullet, reduce friction of the bullet in the barrel, effectively limiting barrel fouling and heating up
of the barrel. This all results in longer barrel life and longer lasting accuracy
of the gun.
Based on the design of the bullet, especially due to built in breaking points
(2), the capability of fragmentation of the bullets front section is ensured
and performes constantly even with shots at very long distance.
At the point of impact, the circular sharp edge on the shoulder of
the bullet delivers an adequate amount of cut off hair. The front
section of the bullet fragments into three identical „half moon“
shaped pieces (3). The high energy transfer due to these three
big pieces results in outstanding knock down power.
Because of a high retention in weight of the bullet fragments,
they are able to penetrate deep into the body of the game animal
and perform as secondary bullets. The main body of the bullet
(4) retains its mass and shape and thus penetrates very deep
and ensures an exit wound.
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The Krieghoff KSB Bullet is made from an innovative brass alloy and is
manufactured on modern CNC lathes, generating very low production
tolerances and thus resulting in very high accuracy.
deformable drive bands for reduced
friction and less barrel wear
fragmentation stop groove
Hollow point to guarantee
bullet segmentation
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Anvil ignition
Nitrocellulose powder
* schematic representation
Shell
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Bullet
boat tail design for most
flat bullet trajectory
circular sharp edge for cutting
off hair at point of impact
3 weight stable, deformable
bullet fragments
main body of KSB ensures
maximum penetration and
high probability of exit
wound
Ballistic data .30-06 Sprg/137 gr. (8.9 g) KSB bullet based on a barrel lenght of 55 cm
Distance
(m)
0
50 m
Speed
m/s
950
888
825
762
703
650
594
Energy
J
4016
3509
3029
2584
2199
1880
1570
100 m
MRD*
185 m
100 m 150 m 200 m 250 m 300 m
cm
-0,7
0
-2,9
-9,9
-22,1
-39,8
cm
1,2
3,9
3
-2
-12,2
-27,9
* Most Recommended Distance - max. trajectory height above aiming line
for MRD = 4 cm
Max. trajectory height above aiming line
Bullet trajectory (cm)
MRD
+4,0
+2,0
0
–2,0
–4,0
–6,0
0
40
80
120
Distance (m)
Fast bullet response, few deformable and weight stable fragments (3) as well
as a substantial remaining main body (4) are the success factors for a bullet
which effectively closes the gap between fragmentation bullets and deformation bullets. With the new Krieghoff KSB bullet, the lack of lethality of pure
deformation bullets as well as the devastatingly destructive performance of
conventional fragmentation bullets now belong to the past.
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Due to the controlled fragmentation into only three segments with relatively
high weight and a big cross section, we can combine deep penetration with
high kinetic energy transfer. The substantial main body with small cross
sectional surface but high mass retention offers even deeper penetration
and produces the required exit wound while keeping the meat damage at a
low level.
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23 cm
KSB–Bullet in ballistic gel, shooting distance 100 meter
75 cm
„The success of your hunt has to depend on your
knowledge and skills. Therefore, when you are
hunting, you have to be able to rely on your gear
100%. I never compromise, not with my rifle, optics
or my ammunition. Thanks to the KSB, there is no
need to compromise with lead free bullets anymore.
Since I was a member of the test team I can vouch
for the precision, penetration and lethality of this
bullet. „
„It`s not easy to say good bye to traditional bullets
containing lead. At the beginning of testing, I
had a sceptical attitude against the new leadfree
Krieghoff KSB cartridge. However, the daily use
of this cartridge in the field, Proved me wrong.
Plenty of cut off hair and enough blood at point
of impact as well as within the escape trail was
always noticeable. In general, the damage to
the meat was very low and the average running
distance of the game was very short. That`s the way
a leadfree bullet needs to perform.“ Elemér Bàlint
Igor Timmermans
Editor in Chief, ‚Waidmannsheil Magazine‘
leading Editor, ‚Magyar Vadászlap‘ (hungarian hunting)
„As a proffessional hunter and doghandler, I have tested several leadfree
bullets since 2012 on game like red deer, roe deer, wild boar and mufflon which
are native in my hunting territories.. While the precision of those bullets never
was an issue, the knock down and killing power has been. Many of them had
a tremendeous lack of lethality. Game which was shot perfectly, ran off a few
hundret meters and was still alive after one hour when being tracked with the
bloodhound. Absolutely reliable in this respect was the Krieghoff KSB cartridge.
This bullet drops game right on the spot or within the closest vicinity. Damage
to the meat is very gentle and the bullet delivers blood and cut off hair at point
of impact as well as within the escape trail. Until now, more than 100 game
animals have been taken with this cartridge. For me as a professional hunter
and dog handler, this cartridge is more than recommendable.“
„The KSB is very
accurate, has a
tremendous
knock
down power combined
with very little meat
damage. All in all,
I was very pleased
with the Krieghoff test
ammunition.“
Wolfgang Preissing
WM H. J. Duderstaedt
The overall result of the testing period after approximately 300 kills on roe deer, wild boar and red deer:
Escape distance
Killed at point of impact or
within the immediate vicinity
Indication of bullet hit
Cut off hair, as well as blood
at point of impact and/or the
escape trail
Formation of hematoma
no or only modest visible
hematoma
79 %
97 %
77 %
86 %
92 %
67 %
65 %
85 %
60 %
H. Krieghoff GmbH ∙ Hunting and Sporting Arms ∙ Boschstrasse 22 ∙ 89079 Ulm ∙ Germany ∙ www.krieghoff.de