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Tipped VS OTM/HP
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<blockquote data-quote="bubbaonpc" data-source="post: 1672303" data-attributes="member: 92435"><p>I got caught up in the "pretty color tips" and they do shoot accurate, but I tracked more deer after using pretty tips...close up. Seems they are not my best choice (heart/lungs) for 50-100 yard shots on NC Mountain whitetails...while pushing 3000 FPS. Tiny hole in...Tiny hole out. ZERO Expansion. Deer shot 200 yards seemed to hit the ground. So,2 years back, I slowed my loads and had better results. Last year I went back to Lead tips at moderate speed for Woods hunting...had my BT's and SST's for the 200+ yard blinds. I know, OVER Thinking short shots, but thats part of the FUN of reloading...and in the Mountains, a deer running 100-200 yards means they probably went straight down hill and I've got to get them back UP that hill. You guys out in Open Country, where you have to pack out your meat, have to be better prepared and use every advantage. I'm just getting old and fat, with a bad back...I like to see em Bang/Flop... Guess it is time to go back to Partitions... 25 years ago, who cared, young n tough, drag em all day and brag to friends, "how tough it was"... We short yardage hunters need to pay better attention to our bullet choices...and the speed we shoot em. 1000 lbs vs 150 lbs is a huge difference in "needed bullet"...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bubbaonpc, post: 1672303, member: 92435"] I got caught up in the "pretty color tips" and they do shoot accurate, but I tracked more deer after using pretty tips...close up. Seems they are not my best choice (heart/lungs) for 50-100 yard shots on NC Mountain whitetails...while pushing 3000 FPS. Tiny hole in...Tiny hole out. ZERO Expansion. Deer shot 200 yards seemed to hit the ground. So,2 years back, I slowed my loads and had better results. Last year I went back to Lead tips at moderate speed for Woods hunting...had my BT's and SST's for the 200+ yard blinds. I know, OVER Thinking short shots, but thats part of the FUN of reloading...and in the Mountains, a deer running 100-200 yards means they probably went straight down hill and I've got to get them back UP that hill. You guys out in Open Country, where you have to pack out your meat, have to be better prepared and use every advantage. I'm just getting old and fat, with a bad back...I like to see em Bang/Flop... Guess it is time to go back to Partitions... 25 years ago, who cared, young n tough, drag em all day and brag to friends, "how tough it was"... We short yardage hunters need to pay better attention to our bullet choices...and the speed we shoot em. 1000 lbs vs 150 lbs is a huge difference in "needed bullet"... [/QUOTE]
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