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Scenar bullet failure! No really, it was bad.
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<blockquote data-quote="Rifleguy" data-source="post: 896450" data-attributes="member: 75259"><p>I agree with Dawson, the Scenar is a match grade bullet designed and nearly hand made to do one thing, shoot targets. It was not engineered to shoot game or to expand like a hunting type of bullet. Thus, this was not a Scenar bullet failure as you have suggested. </p><p>Since you are shooting very long range it appears that you're looking for a hunting bullet with a match grade BC at longer distances. While it would probably be considered inhumane to hunt deer sized animals at 1000 yards anyway, you can still find quality hunting style bullets that will allow you to make 600 or so yard kill zone shots and actually expand properly as a hunting bullet should. </p><p>It has also been said that any bullet can fail sometimes, even bullets engineered to kill. So, do some research and find several that you trust (i.e., <strong>Lapua</strong> Mega; Softpoint; Naturalis - <strong>Nosler</strong> Partition; Accubond - <strong>Sierra</strong> Gameking; Pro Hunter- <strong>Hornady</strong> SST; XTP; DGS - <strong>Speer</strong> DeepCurl; GrandSlam - <strong>Berger</strong> VLD Hunting Bullet - <strong>Barnes</strong> TSX) and work up some hunting loads without having too high expectations at your thousand yard bench-rest comfort zone and see which ones work best in your rifle at normal (100-300 yards) and intermediate (300 to 500 Yards) hunting distances.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rifleguy, post: 896450, member: 75259"] I agree with Dawson, the Scenar is a match grade bullet designed and nearly hand made to do one thing, shoot targets. It was not engineered to shoot game or to expand like a hunting type of bullet. Thus, this was not a Scenar bullet failure as you have suggested. Since you are shooting very long range it appears that you're looking for a hunting bullet with a match grade BC at longer distances. While it would probably be considered inhumane to hunt deer sized animals at 1000 yards anyway, you can still find quality hunting style bullets that will allow you to make 600 or so yard kill zone shots and actually expand properly as a hunting bullet should. It has also been said that any bullet can fail sometimes, even bullets engineered to kill. So, do some research and find several that you trust (i.e., [B]Lapua[/B] Mega; Softpoint; Naturalis - [B]Nosler[/B] Partition; Accubond - [B]Sierra[/B] Gameking; Pro Hunter- [B]Hornady[/B] SST; XTP; DGS - [B]Speer[/B] DeepCurl; GrandSlam - [B]Berger[/B] VLD Hunting Bullet - [B]Barnes[/B] TSX) and work up some hunting loads without having too high expectations at your thousand yard bench-rest comfort zone and see which ones work best in your rifle at normal (100-300 yards) and intermediate (300 to 500 Yards) hunting distances. [/QUOTE]
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