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Berger VLD pencil through Elk in Cold?
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<blockquote data-quote="isaaccarlson" data-source="post: 2672170" data-attributes="member: 33850"><p>All this talk about dumping energy inside the animal is exactly why I use a 22-250, but when you talk about it, people get in your face about not using enough gun or how the bullets explode.... I like a nice open tip or a soft point. Drive em fast enough and they do incredible damage. Anything going 3000+ fps is going to wreck an elk's day if put in the right place. My brother has had bullets pencil through deer, and those had a very small tip opening. I think the tiny tip openings on some bullets get forced closed way too easy. Look at how much bullet is wedging the tip closed when it hits something. You need to get material inside the tip to open it, meaning a bigger opening is better.</p><p></p><p>Not exactly apples to apples here, but I have seen 30-50 cal airgun slugs that look like beer steins because the entire front is a giant hollow cup. They open up to several times their diameter and dump most/all of their energy in the animal. High velocity rounds don't need to be that open, but I think a slightly bigger hole is better than dinky tiny. You don't need the very best bc to kill critters, in fact I find the opposite to be true.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="isaaccarlson, post: 2672170, member: 33850"] All this talk about dumping energy inside the animal is exactly why I use a 22-250, but when you talk about it, people get in your face about not using enough gun or how the bullets explode.... I like a nice open tip or a soft point. Drive em fast enough and they do incredible damage. Anything going 3000+ fps is going to wreck an elk's day if put in the right place. My brother has had bullets pencil through deer, and those had a very small tip opening. I think the tiny tip openings on some bullets get forced closed way too easy. Look at how much bullet is wedging the tip closed when it hits something. You need to get material inside the tip to open it, meaning a bigger opening is better. Not exactly apples to apples here, but I have seen 30-50 cal airgun slugs that look like beer steins because the entire front is a giant hollow cup. They open up to several times their diameter and dump most/all of their energy in the animal. High velocity rounds don't need to be that open, but I think a slightly bigger hole is better than dinky tiny. You don't need the very best bc to kill critters, in fact I find the opposite to be true. [/QUOTE]
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