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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 959180" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>GS, indeed I have not used the HV 110 specifically on elk, many Barnes and other GS HV's and I found that for the wound channel and the ballistics I can pick a Barnes bullet up of the shelf at my local store and have very similar results. </p><p></p><p>You want us to think that you just brought us a new solution, it's nothing new, the light for cal copper bullets driven fast was all the rage 15-20 years ago. I still will use a Barnes for some things in the light and fast concept but NOT on elk, it's proven unreliable over the long term. </p><p></p><p>My mind is very open, that's why I test so many bullets from different manufacture to see how they function, I was shooting the 165/175 Matrix before they were on the web site and I have a couple other 270 bullet that are not listed in the 170 gr weight range, I know exactly what twist rate I need for them and I know at this given elevation the will stabilize even from a slower 270 Win with a 1-10 twist. I know they are very seating depth tolerant and shot well at mag length but I've found shooting heavy for cal bullet negates the need for follow up shots so I do seat mine out as far as I can and single load them.</p><p></p><p>How many elk have you shot or even seen shot? I used to shoot elk with a 300 Weatherby, I shot all 165 and 168 gr Barnes bullets as fast as I could and I saw no reason they were not excellent. I then got the opportunity to shoot elk in open fields, they stay out there and nothing to hide in and the first two years we saw almost 400+ elk taken and a very stark reality became evident that over the years I'd lost elk because of my light for cal bullet choice, about a third of my bullets failed to reach vitals due to deflection. This is what drove me to look for a new mouse trap, and the only bullets I found were Berger or Match kings that were heavy for cal. so I ran them and found on elk my percentage of one shot kills when through the roof and all bullets made it to the vitals. Got a 270 WSM about the time the Matrix started with the 165's and I've seen probably close to 60 elk taken with that bullet alone with not a single bullet failing to penetrate the vitals and only two elk shot more than once though neither really needed a second shot.</p><p></p><p>I know your not pleased someone would not recommend your bullet universally but I really don't care about that, all I care about is cleanly killing game and there is no bullet that works perfectly across the board, take elk out of the conversation and it would be totally different!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 959180, member: 13632"] GS, indeed I have not used the HV 110 specifically on elk, many Barnes and other GS HV's and I found that for the wound channel and the ballistics I can pick a Barnes bullet up of the shelf at my local store and have very similar results. You want us to think that you just brought us a new solution, it's nothing new, the light for cal copper bullets driven fast was all the rage 15-20 years ago. I still will use a Barnes for some things in the light and fast concept but NOT on elk, it's proven unreliable over the long term. My mind is very open, that's why I test so many bullets from different manufacture to see how they function, I was shooting the 165/175 Matrix before they were on the web site and I have a couple other 270 bullet that are not listed in the 170 gr weight range, I know exactly what twist rate I need for them and I know at this given elevation the will stabilize even from a slower 270 Win with a 1-10 twist. I know they are very seating depth tolerant and shot well at mag length but I've found shooting heavy for cal bullet negates the need for follow up shots so I do seat mine out as far as I can and single load them. How many elk have you shot or even seen shot? I used to shoot elk with a 300 Weatherby, I shot all 165 and 168 gr Barnes bullets as fast as I could and I saw no reason they were not excellent. I then got the opportunity to shoot elk in open fields, they stay out there and nothing to hide in and the first two years we saw almost 400+ elk taken and a very stark reality became evident that over the years I'd lost elk because of my light for cal bullet choice, about a third of my bullets failed to reach vitals due to deflection. This is what drove me to look for a new mouse trap, and the only bullets I found were Berger or Match kings that were heavy for cal. so I ran them and found on elk my percentage of one shot kills when through the roof and all bullets made it to the vitals. Got a 270 WSM about the time the Matrix started with the 165's and I've seen probably close to 60 elk taken with that bullet alone with not a single bullet failing to penetrate the vitals and only two elk shot more than once though neither really needed a second shot. I know your not pleased someone would not recommend your bullet universally but I really don't care about that, all I care about is cleanly killing game and there is no bullet that works perfectly across the board, take elk out of the conversation and it would be totally different!! [/QUOTE]
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