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Asking for help on bullet choice for multiple deer rifles
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<blockquote data-quote="Grumulkin" data-source="post: 1221316" data-attributes="member: 29281"><p>Let's see, you want:</p><p></p><p>1. A good blood trail.</p><p></p><p>2. A pass through with broken shoulders which would imply you are going to get both shoulders and also be precise enough to reliably hit both shoulders.</p><p></p><p>3. You don't reload.</p><p></p><p>4. You want to be able to do all this at up to 500 yards.</p><p></p><p>5. You don't like hollow points.</p><p></p><p>6. You don't want to use the GMX because someone has told you it doesn't perform as well. Pray tell, in what way didn't it perform?</p><p></p><p>Lots of luck with all that. My prediction is that the only rifle you may be able to do this with is your 7mm Remington Magnum.</p><p></p><p>Let me point out a few things:</p><p></p><p>If the animal is DRT, you don't need a good blood trail. If you are good enough to break both shoulders at 500 yards, you should be good enough to make a neck shot. In addition, if you break both shoulders without an exit wound, the animal isn't going anywhere anyhow.</p><p></p><p>Interesting that I have been able literally to shoot a truck load of animals from Cape Grysbok to Blue Wildebeest and have never worried about all that stuff. I've used hollow points, SSTs, Core Lokts, XTPs, etc. There were a fair munber in which the bullet didn't exit; it didn't matter because the animal was dead. I can also never remember breaking "both shoulders" and I can't bring myself to care.</p><p></p><p>What have you been reading anyway?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grumulkin, post: 1221316, member: 29281"] Let's see, you want: 1. A good blood trail. 2. A pass through with broken shoulders which would imply you are going to get both shoulders and also be precise enough to reliably hit both shoulders. 3. You don't reload. 4. You want to be able to do all this at up to 500 yards. 5. You don't like hollow points. 6. You don't want to use the GMX because someone has told you it doesn't perform as well. Pray tell, in what way didn't it perform? Lots of luck with all that. My prediction is that the only rifle you may be able to do this with is your 7mm Remington Magnum. Let me point out a few things: If the animal is DRT, you don't need a good blood trail. If you are good enough to break both shoulders at 500 yards, you should be good enough to make a neck shot. In addition, if you break both shoulders without an exit wound, the animal isn't going anywhere anyhow. Interesting that I have been able literally to shoot a truck load of animals from Cape Grysbok to Blue Wildebeest and have never worried about all that stuff. I've used hollow points, SSTs, Core Lokts, XTPs, etc. There were a fair munber in which the bullet didn't exit; it didn't matter because the animal was dead. I can also never remember breaking "both shoulders" and I can't bring myself to care. What have you been reading anyway? [/QUOTE]
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