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Bullet failure 130 grain nosler partition with 6.5 creedmoor
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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 1528279" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>I used to think this but there are some wrinkles in it, if the mono is constructed like a Barnes where they won't shed frontal area there are some bones in an elk shoulder they stop dead on where a cup and core will blow through.</p><p>A mono will stop dead on a steel plate way sooner than a Berger will, I have pictures of a steel plate that 140 Cutting edge monos we're stuck half way through and 140 Berger's we're punching through and skipping up the hill behind it.</p><p>A bullet that opens only by pressure meaning it has a tip to activate expansion right out of the gate looses some ability to punch through an elk shoulder because it's blown open before getting into the bone.</p><p>IF the mono gets past the shoulder and blows the nose of it will definitely out penetrate on average but the right heavy for cal cup and core will get through the shoulder more consistent than a light fast Mono.</p><p>In the 6.5 I've never failed to have a 140 Berger make it through every bone in and elk shoulder and I'll find a little was of copper and lead in the of side and I've never had one move more than a few steps due to internal damage. I've had mono bullets similar weight and smaller faster not make it all the way through the shoulder bones and the ones that did went clean through exiting but the wound channels we're 3/4 of an inch and I've shot all but one a second time. Ranges from a couple hundred yards to over 800.</p><p>The ONLY reason I tried Berger's years ago on elk was all I had been shooting were light fast Mono bullets, I'll never go back, the change in lethality and the number of animals I have shot twice or dispatched dropped to zero. I still shoot Monos but they are only the heaviest I can and the type that will shed weight so they plow through bone and track through the animal cause significant internal damage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 1528279, member: 13632"] I used to think this but there are some wrinkles in it, if the mono is constructed like a Barnes where they won't shed frontal area there are some bones in an elk shoulder they stop dead on where a cup and core will blow through. A mono will stop dead on a steel plate way sooner than a Berger will, I have pictures of a steel plate that 140 Cutting edge monos we're stuck half way through and 140 Berger's we're punching through and skipping up the hill behind it. A bullet that opens only by pressure meaning it has a tip to activate expansion right out of the gate looses some ability to punch through an elk shoulder because it's blown open before getting into the bone. IF the mono gets past the shoulder and blows the nose of it will definitely out penetrate on average but the right heavy for cal cup and core will get through the shoulder more consistent than a light fast Mono. In the 6.5 I've never failed to have a 140 Berger make it through every bone in and elk shoulder and I'll find a little was of copper and lead in the of side and I've never had one move more than a few steps due to internal damage. I've had mono bullets similar weight and smaller faster not make it all the way through the shoulder bones and the ones that did went clean through exiting but the wound channels we're 3/4 of an inch and I've shot all but one a second time. Ranges from a couple hundred yards to over 800. The ONLY reason I tried Berger's years ago on elk was all I had been shooting were light fast Mono bullets, I'll never go back, the change in lethality and the number of animals I have shot twice or dispatched dropped to zero. I still shoot Monos but they are only the heaviest I can and the type that will shed weight so they plow through bone and track through the animal cause significant internal damage. [/QUOTE]
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