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Are we too critical of modern bullets?
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 904037" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Unless you're shooting something bigger than 30 cal and at close range shooting through any kind of brush is a really bad idea.</p><p></p><p>Even with 30 cal's I've seen deflections of over a foot when the target was within three feet of the offending branch etc.</p><p></p><p>Now if a guy is hunting grizzly bears or cape buffalo with an appropriate caliber such a deflection isn't likely to be a consideration.</p><p></p><p>A year or so ago I was check firing my .260 and just hung a target in a mesquite tree. My first shot struck a branch that was less than a 1/4" in diameter. The shot was dead on as the follow up showed yet the first shot was deflected by over 4".</p><p></p><p>With high velocity rounds such a strike can cause the bullet to flat explode showing the target with tiny bits of shrapnel and if the target was a deer or larger sized animal such a shot is going to result in a horribly wounded animal that is going to suffer a great deal.</p><p></p><p>If you don't learn anything else in sniper training it is not to push the shot or take a bad one unless it's a matter of life or death.</p><p></p><p>Those of us who hunt in brush a lot grow up learning to pick our holes and let the animal move into it and to time our shots such that they meet there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 904037, member: 30902"] Unless you're shooting something bigger than 30 cal and at close range shooting through any kind of brush is a really bad idea. Even with 30 cal's I've seen deflections of over a foot when the target was within three feet of the offending branch etc. Now if a guy is hunting grizzly bears or cape buffalo with an appropriate caliber such a deflection isn't likely to be a consideration. A year or so ago I was check firing my .260 and just hung a target in a mesquite tree. My first shot struck a branch that was less than a 1/4" in diameter. The shot was dead on as the follow up showed yet the first shot was deflected by over 4". With high velocity rounds such a strike can cause the bullet to flat explode showing the target with tiny bits of shrapnel and if the target was a deer or larger sized animal such a shot is going to result in a horribly wounded animal that is going to suffer a great deal. If you don't learn anything else in sniper training it is not to push the shot or take a bad one unless it's a matter of life or death. Those of us who hunt in brush a lot grow up learning to pick our holes and let the animal move into it and to time our shots such that they meet there. [/QUOTE]
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