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.243 win, AMAX versus Matchking...
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<blockquote data-quote="green 788" data-source="post: 90787" data-attributes="member: 3781"><p>Well... this is the kind of feedback I was looking for. Real world stuff that differs from my own experience. It could be that I've just had a string of bad luck with the 105 AMAX. And it is possible that the bullet struck that small deer in a less than opportune place, but the shot broke good, and zero checked good later that day. So I don't know.</p><p></p><p>And get this: I forgot to mention the last groundhog I shot with the 105 AMAX at 438 yards. I hit him in through the mid section (according to the guy who was on the spotting scope) and he flopped around about five seconds and dragged himself back into his hole. The only groundhog that's been DRT (dead right there) on the shot was at a little over 200 yards.</p><p></p><p>I would think that the 105 AMAX should be able to take full advantage of that ballistic tip and, yes, expand violently. So I'm at a loss here. I might entertain the thought that I actually missed that deer (I was bracing off the side of a small locust tree) but as close as he was, with my zero at 100 yards, the shot should have been no lower than an inch or so. And with three bad results on groundhogs, I can't help but think something's up.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if the 1:8 barrel twist could have any significant effect on the bullet's terminal performance--but I have read military sniper publications that indicate that the slowest twist practical gives a better chance of bullet upset (and commensurate tumble) on live targets--FWIW...</p><p></p><p>Dan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="green 788, post: 90787, member: 3781"] Well... this is the kind of feedback I was looking for. Real world stuff that differs from my own experience. It could be that I've just had a string of bad luck with the 105 AMAX. And it is possible that the bullet struck that small deer in a less than opportune place, but the shot broke good, and zero checked good later that day. So I don't know. And get this: I forgot to mention the last groundhog I shot with the 105 AMAX at 438 yards. I hit him in through the mid section (according to the guy who was on the spotting scope) and he flopped around about five seconds and dragged himself back into his hole. The only groundhog that's been DRT (dead right there) on the shot was at a little over 200 yards. I would think that the 105 AMAX should be able to take full advantage of that ballistic tip and, yes, expand violently. So I'm at a loss here. I might entertain the thought that I actually missed that deer (I was bracing off the side of a small locust tree) but as close as he was, with my zero at 100 yards, the shot should have been no lower than an inch or so. And with three bad results on groundhogs, I can't help but think something's up. I don't know if the 1:8 barrel twist could have any significant effect on the bullet's terminal performance--but I have read military sniper publications that indicate that the slowest twist practical gives a better chance of bullet upset (and commensurate tumble) on live targets--FWIW... Dan [/QUOTE]
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