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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 430434" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>Last winter I was able to participate on an exotic sheep cull hunt. I was using my 338 Allen Xpress with the 300 gr SMK loaded to 2980 fps. We killed 15 sheep that were roughly in the 50 to 90 lb range. Five of these sheep were hit SOLIDLY, flattened them to the shot but they got back up and three of those were finished off with a final shot.</p><p> </p><p>When we recovered the sheep, ALL had HUGE exit wounds yet they still were able to recover and travel siginficant distances. It was not the fault of the shooter, not the fault of the bullet it was simply a bad choice of bullet for such light game. IT was clear that the SMK was expanding but it took 6-8" before it really started to open up and as such we were getting very large exit wounds but by that time the bullet had already traveled through the vitals.</p><p> </p><p>I would be curious if the bullets actually penciled through or if their expansion was delayed enough the vitals were just not getting the normal trama that we are used to with most berger bullets.</p><p> </p><p>I believe the Berger hunting bullets are designed for better penetration then the match bullets, in this case it would make sense.</p><p> </p><p>It is a bit interesting how many out there believe that if a bullet does not plant an animal in its tracks, its a failure, even though the animal died within a quoted 100 meters or less..... How this is bullet failure is beyond me, just sounds like a bit different bullet terminal performance then the 168 gr which likely pretty much came apart on impact which is good on these lighter animals.</p><p> </p><p>I would rather have a bullet that is sure to fully penetrate the animal with good expansion and kill it within 100 yards then to have a bullet that is designed to come apart on impact. Kills can be dramatic, so can game losses.</p><p> </p><p>Would say the bullet performed pretty well, your expectations may have been a bit high is all. I am glad I make rifles and not bullets, you can never make everyone happy as a bullet maker. Either there is not enough penetration, to much, not enough expansion, to much bullet weight loss, man, would not want to try to deal with that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 430434, member: 10"] Last winter I was able to participate on an exotic sheep cull hunt. I was using my 338 Allen Xpress with the 300 gr SMK loaded to 2980 fps. We killed 15 sheep that were roughly in the 50 to 90 lb range. Five of these sheep were hit SOLIDLY, flattened them to the shot but they got back up and three of those were finished off with a final shot. When we recovered the sheep, ALL had HUGE exit wounds yet they still were able to recover and travel siginficant distances. It was not the fault of the shooter, not the fault of the bullet it was simply a bad choice of bullet for such light game. IT was clear that the SMK was expanding but it took 6-8" before it really started to open up and as such we were getting very large exit wounds but by that time the bullet had already traveled through the vitals. I would be curious if the bullets actually penciled through or if their expansion was delayed enough the vitals were just not getting the normal trama that we are used to with most berger bullets. I believe the Berger hunting bullets are designed for better penetration then the match bullets, in this case it would make sense. It is a bit interesting how many out there believe that if a bullet does not plant an animal in its tracks, its a failure, even though the animal died within a quoted 100 meters or less..... How this is bullet failure is beyond me, just sounds like a bit different bullet terminal performance then the 168 gr which likely pretty much came apart on impact which is good on these lighter animals. I would rather have a bullet that is sure to fully penetrate the animal with good expansion and kill it within 100 yards then to have a bullet that is designed to come apart on impact. Kills can be dramatic, so can game losses. Would say the bullet performed pretty well, your expectations may have been a bit high is all. I am glad I make rifles and not bullets, you can never make everyone happy as a bullet maker. Either there is not enough penetration, to much, not enough expansion, to much bullet weight loss, man, would not want to try to deal with that. [/QUOTE]
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