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Why do you use SMK bullets for big game?
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<blockquote data-quote="remingtonman_25_06" data-source="post: 90540" data-attributes="member: 1403"><p>I have shot a big black bear with a 200g SMK at about 250 yards with a 300 RUM. The bullet entered behind the front shoulder, and was lodged in the offside hide. The bullet totally lost its jacket, the lead core exploded everything inside. The bear went 4-5 feet only because he slid on his nose at the shot. The bullet ended up weighing something like 30grains. I still have it. It just looks like the cup of a jacket. Pretty poor performance for a bullet if you ask me, but if you asked that 450lb bear, I dont think he would have had anything bad to say about it. Now with that said, I was NOT using that 200g SMK on elk. I can have a shot at elk from 50 yards out to 1000 yards where I hunt. If that bullet broke up that bad and only at 250 yards, without hitting major bone, what do you think would happen to a shoulder shot elk at 100-200 yards?? I dont know, I dont want to find out either. I switched to a 200g AB for elk size game and have not looked back. I do think for varmints, antelope, and deer they are a superb bullet that will cause rapid expansion. At least from my single experience. I wont say I wont use them again, but I wont use them on anything over about the size of a big bear. Oh and the main reason I used that load was it shot a 4 inch group at 800 yards. You gotta be able to hit what your aiming at to kill it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="remingtonman_25_06, post: 90540, member: 1403"] I have shot a big black bear with a 200g SMK at about 250 yards with a 300 RUM. The bullet entered behind the front shoulder, and was lodged in the offside hide. The bullet totally lost its jacket, the lead core exploded everything inside. The bear went 4-5 feet only because he slid on his nose at the shot. The bullet ended up weighing something like 30grains. I still have it. It just looks like the cup of a jacket. Pretty poor performance for a bullet if you ask me, but if you asked that 450lb bear, I dont think he would have had anything bad to say about it. Now with that said, I was NOT using that 200g SMK on elk. I can have a shot at elk from 50 yards out to 1000 yards where I hunt. If that bullet broke up that bad and only at 250 yards, without hitting major bone, what do you think would happen to a shoulder shot elk at 100-200 yards?? I dont know, I dont want to find out either. I switched to a 200g AB for elk size game and have not looked back. I do think for varmints, antelope, and deer they are a superb bullet that will cause rapid expansion. At least from my single experience. I wont say I wont use them again, but I wont use them on anything over about the size of a big bear. Oh and the main reason I used that load was it shot a 4 inch group at 800 yards. You gotta be able to hit what your aiming at to kill it. [/QUOTE]
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