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<blockquote data-quote="h_1ag" data-source="post: 2863347" data-attributes="member: 121794"><p>Bullet construction should be important to anyone shooting any medium+ animal, regardless of cartridge. But I'll take an expanding 6mm all day over a big .30 cal FMJ.</p><p></p><p>"Purpose" is a bit more subjective. </p><p>CoreLokts are historically reliable and effective at creating lots of damage inside an animal at fast and medium speeds, and it'll also hit a target, just not with the same accuracy as "match" bullets.</p><p>Likewise- an ELDM, Barnes JHP or Nosler HTHP is better suited to the range, but it's still a copper jacketed bullet with a lead core that's going to expand and destroy an animal's insides, unless (like in your case) you're spinning it unnecessarily and excessively fast. OTM and FMJ is a different construction and those are unlikely to expand.</p><p></p><p>We know that animals weren't immune to projectiles before cup and core bullets came out. "Hunting" vs "match" isn't simply a binary choice based on how a box is marketed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="h_1ag, post: 2863347, member: 121794"] Bullet construction should be important to anyone shooting any medium+ animal, regardless of cartridge. But I’ll take an expanding 6mm all day over a big .30 cal FMJ. “Purpose” is a bit more subjective. CoreLokts are historically reliable and effective at creating lots of damage inside an animal at fast and medium speeds, and it’ll also hit a target, just not with the same accuracy as “match” bullets. Likewise- an ELDM, Barnes JHP or Nosler HTHP is better suited to the range, but it’s still a copper jacketed bullet with a lead core that’s going to expand and destroy an animal’s insides, unless (like in your case) you’re spinning it unnecessarily and excessively fast. OTM and FMJ is a different construction and those are unlikely to expand. We know that animals weren’t immune to projectiles before cup and core bullets came out. “Hunting” vs “match” isn’t simply a binary choice based on how a box is marketed. [/QUOTE]
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