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Why do you use SMK bullets for big game?
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<blockquote data-quote="sewwhat89" data-source="post: 90636" data-attributes="member: 4587"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> Yes, I've dug MatchKings out of the berms at the rifle range and I've picked they up off the hard packed ground after shooting that particular bullet over a mile and I've seen the fractured, bent and simply scuffed examples some of these represent but I have never witnessed this from a SMK bullet recovered from a large critter. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>I would say 85% of the bullets I dig out of the berm look exactly the same. Lots of small lead particles and a small piece of copper jacket. Shooting steel plates, all I find are the solid base of the boattail. The exceptions are NP and Barnes X. </p><p></p><p>The comment about Wal-Mart greeters is great! I showed my brother some pictures from this site comparing TSX and Scirrocos recovered from pigs. His comment was how poorly the Scirrocos performed expanding like they did instead of exiting the lowly pig. After that comment, I slowly turned and left the room. I have no response to that one. Its a miracle he will trust any bullet to expand to over twice its diameter, penetrate at least 4 feet, shoot like a laser, float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. So now he bowhunts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sewwhat89, post: 90636, member: 4587"] [ QUOTE ] Yes, I've dug MatchKings out of the berms at the rifle range and I've picked they up off the hard packed ground after shooting that particular bullet over a mile and I've seen the fractured, bent and simply scuffed examples some of these represent but I have never witnessed this from a SMK bullet recovered from a large critter. [/ QUOTE ] I would say 85% of the bullets I dig out of the berm look exactly the same. Lots of small lead particles and a small piece of copper jacket. Shooting steel plates, all I find are the solid base of the boattail. The exceptions are NP and Barnes X. The comment about Wal-Mart greeters is great! I showed my brother some pictures from this site comparing TSX and Scirrocos recovered from pigs. His comment was how poorly the Scirrocos performed expanding like they did instead of exiting the lowly pig. After that comment, I slowly turned and left the room. I have no response to that one. Its a miracle he will trust any bullet to expand to over twice its diameter, penetrate at least 4 feet, shoot like a laser, float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. So now he bowhunts. [/QUOTE]
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