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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 2524079" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>I understand completely. I still find myself every now and then thinking something sounds too light, and we have been doing this for quite a while now. We all learned heavy for caliber is the way to go. This was for good reason. Not too awful many years ago there were few bullets that could withstand a launch much over 3000 fps. Then if you had one that would handle the launch there was a very good chance that if you had a short range shot it would come all undone on impact and not penetrate well and you would have a train wreck. We don't have trouble with either of these things. We have yet to launch one too fast or impact one too fast. For that matter we have yet to over spin a bullet. They retain basically the same weight from high or low vel impacts. So when a bullet will hold together you don't have to worry about running too fast. Higher impact velocity that will still straight line penetrate through on shoulder or hard quartering and still work perfect on a pure lung shot just can't be beat. Roy Weatherby was right. He just didn't have bullets that could hold up to what he wanted to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 2524079, member: 7999"] I understand completely. I still find myself every now and then thinking something sounds too light, and we have been doing this for quite a while now. We all learned heavy for caliber is the way to go. This was for good reason. Not too awful many years ago there were few bullets that could withstand a launch much over 3000 fps. Then if you had one that would handle the launch there was a very good chance that if you had a short range shot it would come all undone on impact and not penetrate well and you would have a train wreck. We don't have trouble with either of these things. We have yet to launch one too fast or impact one too fast. For that matter we have yet to over spin a bullet. They retain basically the same weight from high or low vel impacts. So when a bullet will hold together you don't have to worry about running too fast. Higher impact velocity that will still straight line penetrate through on shoulder or hard quartering and still work perfect on a pure lung shot just can't be beat. Roy Weatherby was right. He just didn't have bullets that could hold up to what he wanted to do. [/QUOTE]
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