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6.5 123gr SMK on deer?
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<blockquote data-quote="James Jones" data-source="post: 166577" data-attributes="member: 8843"><p>I've killed deer with .22 , .243 , .284 and .308 cal SMK's and all responded the same way being that they expanded pretty fast and made a nice hole , generaly the higher the impact speed the bigger the hole. I have heard of them "failing" and just pinciling right through with no expansion but I've never seen it. I can't see the construction of the 123gr SMK being any differant than that of the rest of them.</p><p> </p><p>I have started using the Berger VLDs alot and find that they expand faster and cause a bit more damage , BUT , I use a maplat uniforming tool to make sure that the tip is open , this does drop the BC a little bit but making the meplat more uniform makes the BC more consistant and I think that unless you get crazy with the cutter the BC should still be higher than the SMK's</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Jones, post: 166577, member: 8843"] I've killed deer with .22 , .243 , .284 and .308 cal SMK's and all responded the same way being that they expanded pretty fast and made a nice hole , generaly the higher the impact speed the bigger the hole. I have heard of them "failing" and just pinciling right through with no expansion but I've never seen it. I can't see the construction of the 123gr SMK being any differant than that of the rest of them. I have started using the Berger VLDs alot and find that they expand faster and cause a bit more damage , BUT , I use a maplat uniforming tool to make sure that the tip is open , this does drop the BC a little bit but making the meplat more uniform makes the BC more consistant and I think that unless you get crazy with the cutter the BC should still be higher than the SMK's [/QUOTE]
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