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<blockquote data-quote="davewilson" data-source="post: 166570" data-attributes="member: 4491"><p>a while back when the site was down, switching servers or whatever, i cruised around on a couple of other sites to attempt to get my shooting fix. i stumbled on a terminal performance topic and there was a link to a test done by the military. they mostly tested 30 and 338 calibers since these were the calibers of choice for sniping operations.most of the testing was done with Sierra bullets because the military and law enforcement were most interested in these. the bottom line was the SMK's would open and create a nice wound channel "most" of the time, but not always. so they started experimenting with opening the hollow point up a bit to see if this changed the results. they concluded after many rounds, that if the MK's had a .050 hole in the tip, it would open "every" time. now we're not talking about a few rounds here. it was many hundreds of bullets fired. they also concluded there wasn't any negative influence on accuracy. the accuracy was the same at long range but the BC was slightly lower.</p><p></p><p>i have since tried to find this post but alas i've had no luck. i mostly traveled accurate reloader but the post was on a tactical/law enforcement forum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davewilson, post: 166570, member: 4491"] a while back when the site was down, switching servers or whatever, i cruised around on a couple of other sites to attempt to get my shooting fix. i stumbled on a terminal performance topic and there was a link to a test done by the military. they mostly tested 30 and 338 calibers since these were the calibers of choice for sniping operations.most of the testing was done with Sierra bullets because the military and law enforcement were most interested in these. the bottom line was the SMK's would open and create a nice wound channel "most" of the time, but not always. so they started experimenting with opening the hollow point up a bit to see if this changed the results. they concluded after many rounds, that if the MK's had a .050 hole in the tip, it would open "every" time. now we're not talking about a few rounds here. it was many hundreds of bullets fired. they also concluded there wasn't any negative influence on accuracy. the accuracy was the same at long range but the BC was slightly lower. i have since tried to find this post but alas i've had no luck. i mostly traveled accurate reloader but the post was on a tactical/law enforcement forum. [/QUOTE]
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