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<blockquote data-quote="greenejc" data-source="post: 2337784" data-attributes="member: 60453"><p>Most match bullets fragment but its generally after about 4 to 5" of penetration, which gets the projectile past the hide, fat and ribs in to the vitals, so its a lot like having a hand grenade go off inside the chest cavity. For broad side shots that's pretty near a great outcome, because it reduces the lungs to mush. Also, some hunting bullets are designed to fragment at close quarters, but not before several inches of penetration, which again acts like a grenade or a shotgun round going off inside the animal. If you get the animal and he's down within a few yards of where you shot him, the bullet did its job whether it fragmented, expanded or just bounced around. I don't know how well the SST's work, but the Speer, Nosler and Sierra hunting bullets work just fine. I wouldn't try a Texas Heart Shot with a Matchking though, unless it was a heavy for caliber projectile like the 200 or above in the .308. But the 200 grain Gameking will go through a big mulie from front to back, and so will the Speer 200 grain HotCor. The .358 cal. Speer 250 and the Sierra 225 grain Gameking will do it on an elk. That's all I need. If I'm not at war, I don't need to shoot past 6 to 700 yards at game. But if I go to war again, I have Matchkings and Speer, Nosler and Hornady match bullets suitable for accurate shots past 1,000 yards. But I'll be loading them in 300 win mag loads or match grade 30-06 loads. If you like to hunt with Matchkings and they're legal where you hunt, that's a good thing. Bottom line-they work just fine on antelope, whitetail and mule deer. I'd go with a game bullet, and a heavy (180 grain or above ) one in .308 for elk and above just as insurance. But the Matchkings work. By the way, the Speer and Sierra 200 grain .308 bullets and the Speer and Sierra 250 and 225 grain .358 bullets tend to leave exit wounds through the hide on deer that range from tennis ball to hardball size, which means a massive sucking chest wound. Nothing goes far with collapsed lungs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenejc, post: 2337784, member: 60453"] Most match bullets fragment but its generally after about 4 to 5" of penetration, which gets the projectile past the hide, fat and ribs in to the vitals, so its a lot like having a hand grenade go off inside the chest cavity. For broad side shots that's pretty near a great outcome, because it reduces the lungs to mush. Also, some hunting bullets are designed to fragment at close quarters, but not before several inches of penetration, which again acts like a grenade or a shotgun round going off inside the animal. If you get the animal and he's down within a few yards of where you shot him, the bullet did its job whether it fragmented, expanded or just bounced around. I don't know how well the SST's work, but the Speer, Nosler and Sierra hunting bullets work just fine. I wouldn't try a Texas Heart Shot with a Matchking though, unless it was a heavy for caliber projectile like the 200 or above in the .308. But the 200 grain Gameking will go through a big mulie from front to back, and so will the Speer 200 grain HotCor. The .358 cal. Speer 250 and the Sierra 225 grain Gameking will do it on an elk. That's all I need. If I'm not at war, I don't need to shoot past 6 to 700 yards at game. But if I go to war again, I have Matchkings and Speer, Nosler and Hornady match bullets suitable for accurate shots past 1,000 yards. But I'll be loading them in 300 win mag loads or match grade 30-06 loads. If you like to hunt with Matchkings and they're legal where you hunt, that's a good thing. Bottom line-they work just fine on antelope, whitetail and mule deer. I'd go with a game bullet, and a heavy (180 grain or above ) one in .308 for elk and above just as insurance. But the Matchkings work. By the way, the Speer and Sierra 200 grain .308 bullets and the Speer and Sierra 250 and 225 grain .358 bullets tend to leave exit wounds through the hide on deer that range from tennis ball to hardball size, which means a massive sucking chest wound. Nothing goes far with collapsed lungs. [/QUOTE]
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