Re: Lost River\'s J36 terminal performance?
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Bubbas, you are the only person i have ever heard say a Lost River bullet will shoot better than anything else.their breakaway tip, flat nose design is great for short distances, but for long range, their poor accuracy and lack of expansion pretty much eliminate them from even being a consideration.
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Breakaway tip? Flat nose design?? Don't understand. Looks to me as though they are the same as any other inserted tip whether metal or poly. The Tip is to initiate expansion.
In my 270 Win the J36 @3200 MV kept the groups at an inch or less at 200 yds. Shot them at some pretty good distances and maintained that accuracy.
Only shot one coyote with a J36. Behind the shoulder shot. Exit wound was size of a quarter.
Kirby explained to me why J36s and bullets of similar construction make it difficult to get ultimate accuracy. Seems as though its something to do with barrel tolerances and their hard construction.
They work great in my 27" Lilja but shoot patterns in a new Mod 70 that shoots Sierras into bug holes.
Lack of expansion at long range. Nah! Don't think so. But this depends on the definition of expansion. From the results of the locals and there are but few, boiler room shots out to 450 yds (max distance that I know of so far) expansion through ribs was great.
Trough shoulder bone at about the same distance, again bullet performance was as desired.
Most J36 kills that I'm aware of are with 7MM bullets.
In my book the only thing that eliminates them from consideration is $40 for 20.
Hence, I work up a load with Sierras, Hornady etc, confirm Wildcat bullet perfromance with that load,then use Sierra/Horn/etc for practice and drop chart development. I then use WCs to finalize the drop chart and any tme there is hair in the cross hair there's a WC in the chamber.