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<blockquote data-quote="Outerspace" data-source="post: 380952" data-attributes="member: 20465"><p>We are not yet hand loading, but hope to start over the next couple of months, which is sort of what spurred this thread.</p><p> </p><p>We have shot like 3 different kinds of $25 a box ammo, and so far haven't really seen performance differences.</p><p> </p><p>I guess one big question I have is the whole 150 vs 180 grain thing. I think you get better velocity with the lighter bullet, but I don't really have a grasp yet of the pros and cons of lighter faster bullets vs. heavier slower bullets for any particular cartridge.</p><p> </p><p>It seems like the manufacturers push you toward heavier bullets for heavier game, but it seems like those don't always have the highest kinetic energy, which I find confusing in that it seems like high KE would always be better, even if you can get it out of lighter bullets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Outerspace, post: 380952, member: 20465"] We are not yet hand loading, but hope to start over the next couple of months, which is sort of what spurred this thread. We have shot like 3 different kinds of $25 a box ammo, and so far haven't really seen performance differences. I guess one big question I have is the whole 150 vs 180 grain thing. I think you get better velocity with the lighter bullet, but I don't really have a grasp yet of the pros and cons of lighter faster bullets vs. heavier slower bullets for any particular cartridge. It seems like the manufacturers push you toward heavier bullets for heavier game, but it seems like those don't always have the highest kinetic energy, which I find confusing in that it seems like high KE would always be better, even if you can get it out of lighter bullets. [/QUOTE]
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