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Where is the balance between weight and speed?
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 861812" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>I agree with this in the case of controlled expansion type bullets, but when it comes to highly frangible type bullets, bigger is ALWAYS going to be better. It will reduce impact velocity at closer ranges and bring more mass on target resulting in better penetration.</p><p></p><p>We just had a thread that delt with this issue in where the 250 Berger bullets were used in a 338 LM to shoot a moose inside 100 yds. It was a rear quartering shot and the bullets came apart penetrating only 8" and not reaching the vitals. The moose was finally brought down by a third shot to the neck. They blamed the bullet for poor performance whereas I blame it on poor bullet selection. Had they used the 300's instead, with less velocity and more mass, it would likely have been a quicker uneventful kill. But it does make for good bullet bashing fodder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 861812, member: 11717"] I agree with this in the case of controlled expansion type bullets, but when it comes to highly frangible type bullets, bigger is ALWAYS going to be better. It will reduce impact velocity at closer ranges and bring more mass on target resulting in better penetration. We just had a thread that delt with this issue in where the 250 Berger bullets were used in a 338 LM to shoot a moose inside 100 yds. It was a rear quartering shot and the bullets came apart penetrating only 8" and not reaching the vitals. The moose was finally brought down by a third shot to the neck. They blamed the bullet for poor performance whereas I blame it on poor bullet selection. Had they used the 300's instead, with less velocity and more mass, it would likely have been a quicker uneventful kill. But it does make for good bullet bashing fodder. [/QUOTE]
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