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147 gr Hornady ELD Match 6.5 CM as a Hunting Round?
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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote_Hunter" data-source="post: 1857740" data-attributes="member: 110773"><p>Advanced engineering degrees are not required to note how bullets perform on game. And once the performance of various designs has been seen, it doesn't take a genius to predict with some accuracy how similar designs will work</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, the "experts" are often nothing more than marketing types promoting a product. As a result, buyer beware.</p><p></p><p>There are at least two bullet designs where I trust the "experts", but that trust is based on personally witnessed performance of similarly designed bullets. The first is Berger, who claim their hunting bullets will penetrate '2" to 3"' before beginning to expand, after which they will "shed 40% to 85%" of their weight as shrapnel. THis is NOT what I want in a hunting bullet. Another "expert" I trust is Federal Premium when they talk about their new Terminal Ascent bullets. Federal claims the "Copper shank and bonded lead core retain weight for deep penetration at any range". This is exactly the performance I've seen with A-Frames and North Fork bullets, both of which share the most important design concepts of the Terminal Ascent - a bonded lead core up front and a non-expanding rear section. (The A-Frame is partitioned, the North Fork has a mono rear section like the Terminal Ascent.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote_Hunter, post: 1857740, member: 110773"] Advanced engineering degrees are not required to note how bullets perform on game. And once the performance of various designs has been seen, it doesn't take a genius to predict with some accuracy how similar designs will work Unfortunately, the "experts" are often nothing more than marketing types promoting a product. As a result, buyer beware. There are at least two bullet designs where I trust the "experts", but that trust is based on personally witnessed performance of similarly designed bullets. The first is Berger, who claim their hunting bullets will penetrate '2" to 3"' before beginning to expand, after which they will "shed 40% to 85%" of their weight as shrapnel. THis is NOT what I want in a hunting bullet. Another "expert" I trust is Federal Premium when they talk about their new Terminal Ascent bullets. Federal claims the "Copper shank and bonded lead core retain weight for deep penetration at any range". This is exactly the performance I've seen with A-Frames and North Fork bullets, both of which share the most important design concepts of the Terminal Ascent - a bonded lead core up front and a non-expanding rear section. (The A-Frame is partitioned, the North Fork has a mono rear section like the Terminal Ascent.) [/QUOTE]
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