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Badlands Precision Bullets thread - From BC to terminal ballistics
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 2963453" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>You meant <strong>longer</strong>?</p><p></p><p>I think the primary reason the monos need the higher SGs for more reliable terminal performance is because they maintain much longer shanks after expansion and/or shedding of petals, compared to lead-core bullets.</p><p></p><p>I've now had three copper monos divert off-course in extreme fashion. All three maintained long solid shanks after shedding their noses.</p><p></p><p>Those long shanks of copper monos can help ensure deep penetration, but in my experiences, can also corkscrew off-course in unbelievable fashion. How does the shank of a copper mono bullet enter a moose standing broadside - just behind the shoulder - and end up under the hide next to the bung hole?</p><p></p><p>Until you experience it - see it with your own eyes - you wouldn't believe a bullet could veer off-course 85 degrees yet still penetrate 4 1/2 half foot of moose. This bullet still had enough velocity to shatter the femur in one of the rear legs. It would have exited the rear ham of the moose, if it hadn't been slowed by the large femur!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 2963453, member: 4191"] You meant [B]longer[/B]? I think the primary reason the monos need the higher SGs for more reliable terminal performance is because they maintain much longer shanks after expansion and/or shedding of petals, compared to lead-core bullets. I've now had three copper monos divert off-course in extreme fashion. All three maintained long solid shanks after shedding their noses. Those long shanks of copper monos can help ensure deep penetration, but in my experiences, can also corkscrew off-course in unbelievable fashion. How does the shank of a copper mono bullet enter a moose standing broadside - just behind the shoulder - and end up under the hide next to the bung hole? Until you experience it - see it with your own eyes - you wouldn't believe a bullet could veer off-course 85 degrees yet still penetrate 4 1/2 half foot of moose. This bullet still had enough velocity to shatter the femur in one of the rear legs. It would have exited the rear ham of the moose, if it hadn't been slowed by the large femur! [/QUOTE]
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