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<blockquote data-quote="Tikkamike" data-source="post: 697483" data-attributes="member: 22242"><p>I believe I was the one raising the word "inconsistent" first. and I know for absolutely certain the SMK gives very inconsistent results on game. the SMK is a very accurate bullet and has won more matches than most if not all other bullets so I believe they are just as consistent dimensionally as a berger (I have shot both SMK and 300gr berger gen 2's in my lapua and the SMK was far more accurate) My ammunition stays in a padded hard case that remains closed and upright until I take a shell out and put it in the chamber. My bullets are seated on the ogive with my Redding competition dies and the VLD seater plug. and yes they give very inconsistent results. sometimes they will blow a deer to smithereens sometimes they will pencil through. I had luck on the last whitetail I shot. I had a 164 3/8" buck come out at 240 yards. I knew I was going to destroy the cape but it went through without even expanding or if it did it wasn't much and the mount looks great. and it went through both shoulders. the norm is softball sized exits though. I have watched elkoholic307 and his father shoot deer with 140 vlds and the bullets exploded on the side of the rib cage or shoulder. sometimes they work though and go in and do what the frangible bullet crowd likes to see. So this is where the "inconsistency" comment comes from. its a target bullet its not designed to do anything but fly straight and put a hole in the paper. copper is just like any other metal its makeup is never the same from lot to lot. that's why sometimes a barrel maker can produce a dud, metallurgy is not something I am an expert in but I did spend 6 years as a sheet metal guy working on jets in the AF so I know a little about metal and its properties. This is why Nosler, Speer, swift, Hornady etc have spent so many thousands of dollars developing their "controlled expansion" technology As we all know its never perfect. everything has its shortcomings in one way or another but they have certainly come a long way from the days when the Core-lokt was the best option.</p><p>I often wonder why it used to be a frangible bullet was nothing but heartache but now its the cool thing. I bet 300 grain corelokt bullets in my 338 lapua would give similar results to my matchkings and bergers just with a lower BC and almost nobody will even consider loading a corelokt anymore.</p><p></p><p>And I happen to disagree that an unrecovered bullet doesnt mean squat. if the animal is dead and i can see it did serious internal damage, broke bones and kept going I consider it great bullet performance.. what more are we after than dead animals?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tikkamike, post: 697483, member: 22242"] I believe I was the one raising the word "inconsistent" first. and I know for absolutely certain the SMK gives very inconsistent results on game. the SMK is a very accurate bullet and has won more matches than most if not all other bullets so I believe they are just as consistent dimensionally as a berger (I have shot both SMK and 300gr berger gen 2's in my lapua and the SMK was far more accurate) My ammunition stays in a padded hard case that remains closed and upright until I take a shell out and put it in the chamber. My bullets are seated on the ogive with my Redding competition dies and the VLD seater plug. and yes they give very inconsistent results. sometimes they will blow a deer to smithereens sometimes they will pencil through. I had luck on the last whitetail I shot. I had a 164 3/8" buck come out at 240 yards. I knew I was going to destroy the cape but it went through without even expanding or if it did it wasn't much and the mount looks great. and it went through both shoulders. the norm is softball sized exits though. I have watched elkoholic307 and his father shoot deer with 140 vlds and the bullets exploded on the side of the rib cage or shoulder. sometimes they work though and go in and do what the frangible bullet crowd likes to see. So this is where the "inconsistency" comment comes from. its a target bullet its not designed to do anything but fly straight and put a hole in the paper. copper is just like any other metal its makeup is never the same from lot to lot. that's why sometimes a barrel maker can produce a dud, metallurgy is not something I am an expert in but I did spend 6 years as a sheet metal guy working on jets in the AF so I know a little about metal and its properties. This is why Nosler, Speer, swift, Hornady etc have spent so many thousands of dollars developing their "controlled expansion" technology As we all know its never perfect. everything has its shortcomings in one way or another but they have certainly come a long way from the days when the Core-lokt was the best option. I often wonder why it used to be a frangible bullet was nothing but heartache but now its the cool thing. I bet 300 grain corelokt bullets in my 338 lapua would give similar results to my matchkings and bergers just with a lower BC and almost nobody will even consider loading a corelokt anymore. And I happen to disagree that an unrecovered bullet doesnt mean squat. if the animal is dead and i can see it did serious internal damage, broke bones and kept going I consider it great bullet performance.. what more are we after than dead animals? [/QUOTE]
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