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<blockquote data-quote="Wedgy" data-source="post: 977811" data-attributes="member: 64108"><p>Target bullets such as the Bergers have a thicker jacket than their hunting bullets that will not expand on impact and will pencil through(like an ice pick) the animal causing very little damage to internal organs and may not even leave a blood trail. It passes thru and thus does not transfer its energy to the animal as a hunting bullet should do. A hunting bullet is designed to open up and create a large wound cavity and tear things open. Too soft of a bullet won't penetrate thru a shoulder and make it's way to the vitals on a pig. I shoot a lot of pigs and nothing does the job like the Barnes copper bullets. 2x expansion and very high weight retention. As stated pigs in another league of toughness. Also their vitals aren't the same place as a deer. They are tucked in low between the shoulders and forwards resulting in a lot of gut shots.</p><p><a href="http://s21.photobucket.com/user/rwedgy/media/hog_vitals_zps93427138.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b296/rwedgy/hog_vitals_zps93427138.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wedgy, post: 977811, member: 64108"] Target bullets such as the Bergers have a thicker jacket than their hunting bullets that will not expand on impact and will pencil through(like an ice pick) the animal causing very little damage to internal organs and may not even leave a blood trail. It passes thru and thus does not transfer its energy to the animal as a hunting bullet should do. A hunting bullet is designed to open up and create a large wound cavity and tear things open. Too soft of a bullet won't penetrate thru a shoulder and make it's way to the vitals on a pig. I shoot a lot of pigs and nothing does the job like the Barnes copper bullets. 2x expansion and very high weight retention. As stated pigs in another league of toughness. Also their vitals aren't the same place as a deer. They are tucked in low between the shoulders and forwards resulting in a lot of gut shots. [URL="http://s21.photobucket.com/user/rwedgy/media/hog_vitals_zps93427138.jpg.html"][IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b296/rwedgy/hog_vitals_zps93427138.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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