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H4350 Flat Base Bullets and Now, Success
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 805085" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>The Sierra is a standard cup and core old school bullet. For many years they have and still do kill a lot of game. It all depends on impact velocity. The higher the velocity the more likely they will shed their jacket from the core. This is not a really bad thing as some bullet companies that what you to buy their new bonded etc. bullets what you to think. On the normal inside 200 yards bullet placed in the center of the front shoulder of a WT deer from either my 25-06 or 243 Win you will find the jacket of the bullet fully expanded with no lead core attached just under the hide on the off side after going thorough both shoulders and destroying the vitals. Most of the time the deer drops in it's tracks. Beyond 200 yards the bullet has slowed down enough that it usually will exit the deer. I have used the 100 gr Pro Hunter flat based bullet to kill a bunch of white tail deer from a 243 Winchester. For that purpose and the results I got you could not ask for anything better. The 117 gr Pro Hunter is THE BULLET for white tail deer from my 25-06. I and my hunting buddy have used about every make bullet in most calibers from 22 through 45-70 to kill white tail deer. We control hunted a big farm in east NC for 20 years and took 100 deer each year. We learned a few things about deer bullets in the experience. Bullet placement is the key to quick kills. If you put a Sierra big game bullet where it is supposed to go it will get the job done. If I were to use your 243AI for elk and possibly black bear where I wanted to break a shoulder I would use the Speer Grand Slam. I tried some 120 gr. in my 25-06 a number of years ago on WT deer and they did OK but on those light bodies I like the more expansiveness of the Sierra 117. Those Speer Grand Slams do hold together and keep on trucking though. I once shot a good size buck at only 50 yards that was facing me. Bullet impact from the 25-06 had to still be over 2900 fps. Bullet centered the chest taking out the lungs and the buck fell back on his butt and did a back flip and kicked about three times and was dead. When cutting up the buck I found the bullet under the hide of the right ham after it went through the center of the ball socket. It was a text book mushroom and weight was 87 grs. Funny how I can remember stuff like that from years ago and can't even remember my phone number half the time. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> By the way those Grand Slams shoot very accurate in my 25-06. Good luck and good shooting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 805085, member: 10178"] The Sierra is a standard cup and core old school bullet. For many years they have and still do kill a lot of game. It all depends on impact velocity. The higher the velocity the more likely they will shed their jacket from the core. This is not a really bad thing as some bullet companies that what you to buy their new bonded etc. bullets what you to think. On the normal inside 200 yards bullet placed in the center of the front shoulder of a WT deer from either my 25-06 or 243 Win you will find the jacket of the bullet fully expanded with no lead core attached just under the hide on the off side after going thorough both shoulders and destroying the vitals. Most of the time the deer drops in it's tracks. Beyond 200 yards the bullet has slowed down enough that it usually will exit the deer. I have used the 100 gr Pro Hunter flat based bullet to kill a bunch of white tail deer from a 243 Winchester. For that purpose and the results I got you could not ask for anything better. The 117 gr Pro Hunter is THE BULLET for white tail deer from my 25-06. I and my hunting buddy have used about every make bullet in most calibers from 22 through 45-70 to kill white tail deer. We control hunted a big farm in east NC for 20 years and took 100 deer each year. We learned a few things about deer bullets in the experience. Bullet placement is the key to quick kills. If you put a Sierra big game bullet where it is supposed to go it will get the job done. If I were to use your 243AI for elk and possibly black bear where I wanted to break a shoulder I would use the Speer Grand Slam. I tried some 120 gr. in my 25-06 a number of years ago on WT deer and they did OK but on those light bodies I like the more expansiveness of the Sierra 117. Those Speer Grand Slams do hold together and keep on trucking though. I once shot a good size buck at only 50 yards that was facing me. Bullet impact from the 25-06 had to still be over 2900 fps. Bullet centered the chest taking out the lungs and the buck fell back on his butt and did a back flip and kicked about three times and was dead. When cutting up the buck I found the bullet under the hide of the right ham after it went through the center of the ball socket. It was a text book mushroom and weight was 87 grs. Funny how I can remember stuff like that from years ago and can't even remember my phone number half the time. :D By the way those Grand Slams shoot very accurate in my 25-06. Good luck and good shooting. [/QUOTE]
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