Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Hunting
The Basics, Starting Out
My thoughts on solid copper bullets and in comparison to other bullet types.
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Hugnot" data-source="post: 2330027" data-attributes="member: 115658"><p>No tumbling for me. Seems like most of the deer I have shot have not been broadside shots & vital locations have been behind point of impact. This makes straight line path thru animal, good penetration & expansion important. At the present time deers and 6mm calibers are as big as it gets for me and I only use Barnes solid bullets for shooting deers. I have the impression the Barnes bullets are total copper or close to being all copper vs. copper/zinc alloy and more malleable (less likely to fragment). My self imposed limit for shooting deers is 400 yards wanting impact velocities to be adequate for expansion & less chance for a screw-up due to trajectory, wind, & TOF stuff. </p><p></p><p>I have a .300WM & a few boxes of 178 ELDM's and it would probably be a better deer killer than the .243's for ranges greater than 400. The 7.62X39 FMJ is notorious for tumbling and not an exception to Hague conventions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hugnot, post: 2330027, member: 115658"] No tumbling for me. Seems like most of the deer I have shot have not been broadside shots & vital locations have been behind point of impact. This makes straight line path thru animal, good penetration & expansion important. At the present time deers and 6mm calibers are as big as it gets for me and I only use Barnes solid bullets for shooting deers. I have the impression the Barnes bullets are total copper or close to being all copper vs. copper/zinc alloy and more malleable (less likely to fragment). My self imposed limit for shooting deers is 400 yards wanting impact velocities to be adequate for expansion & less chance for a screw-up due to trajectory, wind, & TOF stuff. I have a .300WM & a few boxes of 178 ELDM's and it would probably be a better deer killer than the .243's for ranges greater than 400. The 7.62X39 FMJ is notorious for tumbling and not an exception to Hague conventions. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Hunting
The Basics, Starting Out
My thoughts on solid copper bullets and in comparison to other bullet types.
Top