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<blockquote data-quote="Boss Hoss" data-source="post: 349409" data-attributes="member: 5060"><p>Bob tried but came up a little short on his explanation. All bullets are designed and manufactured to "perform" at a certain level within a known velocity range. If you are going to be shooting below or above or even at the edge of that velocity range then be ready for possibly inconsistent results in perfect conditions. This is true especially in the case of a shot for example that lets say hits large bones or goes between 2 ribs and hits nothing but lungs. Test medium is only so good at approximating what will actually happen during the bullets journey through the target. Personally have not ever had very good luck with Berger's and design (my smith does) the reamers for the SMK's. Have killed too many animals to count with the majority of which were feral hogs on our place at ranges from 75 to over 1k. Unfortunately the old adage of it is more important where you shoot them than what you shoot them with is so true. </p><p></p><p>As an example the majority of feral hogs killed were jumped in tanks where they were wallowing and the SR15 with 2 shots low and behind the shoulder with 55gr PMC ammo drops them like a rock every single time with none ever running over a couple hundred feet. On the other hand had a big sow run over 300 yards with a hole in the opposite shoulder the size of a softball. The shooter misjudged the speed (me) at which she was walking and shot too far forward so the 250 SMK out of the AI AWM at just under 300 yards hit the shoulder rather than vitals a little farther back and a few inches lower.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boss Hoss, post: 349409, member: 5060"] Bob tried but came up a little short on his explanation. All bullets are designed and manufactured to “perform” at a certain level within a known velocity range. If you are going to be shooting below or above or even at the edge of that velocity range then be ready for possibly inconsistent results in perfect conditions. This is true especially in the case of a shot for example that lets say hits large bones or goes between 2 ribs and hits nothing but lungs. Test medium is only so good at approximating what will actually happen during the bullets journey through the target. Personally have not ever had very good luck with Berger’s and design (my smith does) the reamers for the SMK’s. Have killed too many animals to count with the majority of which were feral hogs on our place at ranges from 75 to over 1k. Unfortunately the old adage of it is more important where you shoot them than what you shoot them with is so true. As an example the majority of feral hogs killed were jumped in tanks where they were wallowing and the SR15 with 2 shots low and behind the shoulder with 55gr PMC ammo drops them like a rock every single time with none ever running over a couple hundred feet. On the other hand had a big sow run over 300 yards with a hole in the opposite shoulder the size of a softball. The shooter misjudged the speed (me) at which she was walking and shot too far forward so the 250 SMK out of the AI AWM at just under 300 yards hit the shoulder rather than vitals a little farther back and a few inches lower. [/QUOTE]
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