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Berger Bullets vs Controlled Expansion Bullets
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<blockquote data-quote="4LClover" data-source="post: 434119" data-attributes="member: 27558"><p>Brain damage due to lead poisoning is permanent. I switched to all copper for this reason first, and then found that they work better, period. A couple of the studies where they took a portable x-ray to deer check stations really woke me up.</p><p><a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/netcommunity/page.aspx?pid=1508" target="_blank">Get the Lead Out - Autumn 2009 Living Bird, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology</a></p><p> </p><p>I was skeptical about letting my wife use an 85gr. TSX on deer and antelope in her .243 but found that they go through bone better than the 165gr SST's my son used to use in his 30-06. The internal organ damage is bizzare. Looks like a boat propellor went through the organs. (hydrostatic shock) All the bad press I have heard about copper bullets "pencil holing" etc. looks to be false.</p><p> </p><p>If the game I hunt would stay as still as a paper target I would use Sierra Match Kings all the time, but unlike targets, animals have bones. (duh)</p><p> </p><p>I have seen frangibles do some wacky things when they hit bone, including a 90 degree turn off the shoulder of a deer at 400+yd. I think I would rather leave that stuff behind.</p><p> </p><p>Happy hunting</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4LClover, post: 434119, member: 27558"] Brain damage due to lead poisoning is permanent. I switched to all copper for this reason first, and then found that they work better, period. A couple of the studies where they took a portable x-ray to deer check stations really woke me up. [url=http://www.allaboutbirds.org/netcommunity/page.aspx?pid=1508]Get the Lead Out - Autumn 2009 Living Bird, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology[/url] I was skeptical about letting my wife use an 85gr. TSX on deer and antelope in her .243 but found that they go through bone better than the 165gr SST's my son used to use in his 30-06. The internal organ damage is bizzare. Looks like a boat propellor went through the organs. (hydrostatic shock) All the bad press I have heard about copper bullets "pencil holing" etc. looks to be false. If the game I hunt would stay as still as a paper target I would use Sierra Match Kings all the time, but unlike targets, animals have bones. (duh) I have seen frangibles do some wacky things when they hit bone, including a 90 degree turn off the shoulder of a deer at 400+yd. I think I would rather leave that stuff behind. Happy hunting [/QUOTE]
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