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<blockquote data-quote="yobuck" data-source="post: 2859750" data-attributes="member: 12443"><p>Well ive given several real life personal experience examples of how animals react after being well hit with several different good cartridges beyond 1000 yards.</p><p>Id be interested in hearing about other real life experiences as well at similar distances.</p><p>After more than 50 years of watching animals die after being hit in good locations with very good long range cartridges, one is bound to have opinions other than those gotten from ballistic data alone.</p><p>As for the so called target bullets, weve never used anything but target bullets, and so do all the many other long range hunters i know and have known over the many years ive been involved.</p><p>As for the solid bullets, ive never used them, at least for hunting.</p><p>Cutting Edge Bullets are made about 1 hour away from our camp. I visited there about 10 years ago and was shown around their very nice then new facility by the owner.</p><p>I asked about using his bullets in my yet to be completed 338.</p><p>He asked the twist of the barrel, and i told him it was a 10 twist.</p><p>He just shook his head no, and said you might be able to use our 250 grain bullet, but even thats a maybe.</p><p>So i bought a box of 50 which is how they are packaged, and he was right, they didnt work well in my gun, nor did they work well in my sons gun as well, and his is a 9 twist.</p><p>So as for saying what bullet you intend using, at least for long range, you will use the ones that shoot well in your gun, period.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yobuck, post: 2859750, member: 12443"] Well ive given several real life personal experience examples of how animals react after being well hit with several different good cartridges beyond 1000 yards. Id be interested in hearing about other real life experiences as well at similar distances. After more than 50 years of watching animals die after being hit in good locations with very good long range cartridges, one is bound to have opinions other than those gotten from ballistic data alone. As for the so called target bullets, weve never used anything but target bullets, and so do all the many other long range hunters i know and have known over the many years ive been involved. As for the solid bullets, ive never used them, at least for hunting. Cutting Edge Bullets are made about 1 hour away from our camp. I visited there about 10 years ago and was shown around their very nice then new facility by the owner. I asked about using his bullets in my yet to be completed 338. He asked the twist of the barrel, and i told him it was a 10 twist. He just shook his head no, and said you might be able to use our 250 grain bullet, but even thats a maybe. So i bought a box of 50 which is how they are packaged, and he was right, they didnt work well in my gun, nor did they work well in my sons gun as well, and his is a 9 twist. So as for saying what bullet you intend using, at least for long range, you will use the ones that shoot well in your gun, period. [/QUOTE]
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