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<blockquote data-quote="*WyoWhisper*" data-source="post: 21595"><p>FatBoy,</p><p></p><p>Welcome to LRH !! I have seen ya on some of the sniper boards and I think we may have posted back and forth a time or three..</p><p></p><p>In my opinion and this is only my opinion..</p><p></p><p>from my experience with ballistic tips. They are very accurate. However, from my experience as a big game guide, quite frankly they suck... keep in mind however these shots were all under 400 yards. I found that they basically exploded upon impact with bone. I helped another guide track an Elk shot 4 times by a hunter with 30 cal. ballistic tips all in the lung/heart area. We tracked for 7 miles after... I said, AFTER we let him bed for the night!! This was not my hunter, as I have always felt ballistic tips were to "light" for Elk. We eventually caught up with the Elk and he was killed with the same rifle using factory ammo and nosler partitions after 2 shots. None of the first 4 were pass though shots. And 2 never made it past the first ribs. I feel very safe in saying he may not have died to quickly if we would not have tracked him down. Even so 7 miles in the rockys is a LONG way to go with 4 rounds in you. that is one experience. The other was another Elk that took 7 shots from a 270 to dispatch him. All ballistic tips. The details on that story are sketchy but I saw the carcass after is was packed out and there were 7 holes in the rib area and NONE were pass through shots. </p><p>I am not saying that these noslers are not good bullets I used them myself for some hunting, however not medium to large game.</p><p>I would not trust them for any aspect of LRH.</p><p></p><p>Like I said just my .02, and from my experiences.. Other may have had a more favorable one....</p><p></p><p>See ya on the boards,</p><p></p><p>Ric</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="*WyoWhisper*, post: 21595"] FatBoy, Welcome to LRH !! I have seen ya on some of the sniper boards and I think we may have posted back and forth a time or three.. In my opinion and this is only my opinion.. from my experience with ballistic tips. They are very accurate. However, from my experience as a big game guide, quite frankly they suck... keep in mind however these shots were all under 400 yards. I found that they basically exploded upon impact with bone. I helped another guide track an Elk shot 4 times by a hunter with 30 cal. ballistic tips all in the lung/heart area. We tracked for 7 miles after... I said, AFTER we let him bed for the night!! This was not my hunter, as I have always felt ballistic tips were to "light" for Elk. We eventually caught up with the Elk and he was killed with the same rifle using factory ammo and nosler partitions after 2 shots. None of the first 4 were pass though shots. And 2 never made it past the first ribs. I feel very safe in saying he may not have died to quickly if we would not have tracked him down. Even so 7 miles in the rockys is a LONG way to go with 4 rounds in you. that is one experience. The other was another Elk that took 7 shots from a 270 to dispatch him. All ballistic tips. The details on that story are sketchy but I saw the carcass after is was packed out and there were 7 holes in the rib area and NONE were pass through shots. I am not saying that these noslers are not good bullets I used them myself for some hunting, however not medium to large game. I would not trust them for any aspect of LRH. Like I said just my .02, and from my experiences.. Other may have had a more favorable one.... See ya on the boards, Ric [/QUOTE]
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