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A reflection on bullet performance, thoughts
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 313815" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>In the past, I've used Partitions and they were very effective, infact 100% effective on all the game I used them on. They were the latest and greatest at one time as are many of these that folks are mentioning. Last year I used 180 SP to dispatch 3 antelope and a 180 AB on a cow elk. All very effective.</p><p> </p><p>The bottom line is that just about any modern bullet is capable of dispatching a deer or elk effectively used within its parameter of performance. If you read or listnen to enough reports, you will also hear of occasional failures.</p><p> </p><p>This being LRH, many of the newer bullets have advantages for us for LRH effectiveness. The poly tips resist deforming much better and provide higher BC. That's just a plain fact. They get down range farther with more thump and buck wind better.</p><p> </p><p>If I'm hunting 900 lb bull elk or 500 lb griz, you can bet I'll pick the monometal or bonded bullet over the SP. Will the PS do the job? Most likely... but if I have to take a quartering shot through heavy bone and lot's of tissue, I'll pichk the toughest bullet I can shoot well from my rifle and If I'm going for a 1000 yd shot, I'll be picking a high BC accurate bullet for the job. </p><p>So yeah, the older bullets do the job well in most situations, but the newer ones DO have advantages in some situations. Are they worht the price? That's for each of us to decide. If 400 yds was the farthest I was going to take a hunting shot then the cup and core SP's would be just fine for most game. But you wont find me developing any loads for LRH with those bullets. I have shot my last partition, as good a bullet as it is....</p><p> </p><p>Good thread...</p><p> </p><p>-MR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 313815, member: 11717"] In the past, I've used Partitions and they were very effective, infact 100% effective on all the game I used them on. They were the latest and greatest at one time as are many of these that folks are mentioning. Last year I used 180 SP to dispatch 3 antelope and a 180 AB on a cow elk. All very effective. The bottom line is that just about any modern bullet is capable of dispatching a deer or elk effectively used within its parameter of performance. If you read or listnen to enough reports, you will also hear of occasional failures. This being LRH, many of the newer bullets have advantages for us for LRH effectiveness. The poly tips resist deforming much better and provide higher BC. That's just a plain fact. They get down range farther with more thump and buck wind better. If I'm hunting 900 lb bull elk or 500 lb griz, you can bet I'll pick the monometal or bonded bullet over the SP. Will the PS do the job? Most likely... but if I have to take a quartering shot through heavy bone and lot's of tissue, I'll pichk the toughest bullet I can shoot well from my rifle and If I'm going for a 1000 yd shot, I'll be picking a high BC accurate bullet for the job. So yeah, the older bullets do the job well in most situations, but the newer ones DO have advantages in some situations. Are they worht the price? That's for each of us to decide. If 400 yds was the farthest I was going to take a hunting shot then the cup and core SP's would be just fine for most game. But you wont find me developing any loads for LRH with those bullets. I have shot my last partition, as good a bullet as it is.... Good thread... -MR [/QUOTE]
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