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Are banded solids rubbish?
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<blockquote data-quote="Topshot" data-source="post: 562819" data-attributes="member: 13285"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Do these things have any place in the hunting field? </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Sure the monolithic copper and brass projectiles look good. Long and pointy, with outrageously high claimed B.C's. but are they just a fad?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Now Im not talking about the Barnes and Cutting Edge type bullets that are designed for hunting with in built features that promote expansion.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Im talking about the extreme type bullet in the larger calibres that are simply long pointy solids with driving bands. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">My only experience with them has been with .338 solid brass projectiles. These did not live up the anywhere near the claimed B.C. I did try them on game but nothing bigger than 50kg so no a real test.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Has anyone actually had any success with the .338 and .375 extreme design mono's? Are they suitable for long range hunting or should we be sticking with traditional lead core, high B.C. bullets?</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topshot, post: 562819, member: 13285"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Do these things have any place in the hunting field? [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Sure the monolithic copper and brass projectiles look good. Long and pointy, with outrageously high claimed B.C’s. but are they just a fad?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Now Im not talking about the Barnes and Cutting Edge type bullets that are designed for hunting with in built features that promote expansion.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Im talking about the extreme type bullet in the larger calibres that are simply long pointy solids with driving bands. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]My only experience with them has been with .338 solid brass projectiles. These did not live up the anywhere near the claimed B.C. I did try them on game but nothing bigger than 50kg so no a real test.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Has anyone actually had any success with the .338 and .375 extreme design mono’s? Are they suitable for long range hunting or should we be sticking with traditional lead core, high B.C. bullets?[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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