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Bullet penciling question?
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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1660879" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>If you have a question about bullet expansion, I' like to suggest simply changing bullets! I hunt bear over bait in Maine, my shots are close. I'm either hunting a 35 Whelen or 358 Winchester. The Whelen with 225 grain bullets is around 2700fps, the 358 Winchester is about 2500fps with 200 grain TTSX bullets. With my last bear, taken at 60-70 yards, the bear was quartering, shot center mass in the chest and exited behind the shoulder. The guide made a statement the the bullet did not exit. I told him to look behind the shoulder because that pink stuff was the lung. The last bear that I shot with the .358 (about 50 yards) was a broadside, through and through, just behind the shoulder. Entrance hole was about the size of a quarter, exit was close to the size of your fist. Broke both shoulders, the bear ran about 20 feet and dropped. There's a lot of information on the Hammer bullets on the forum. I have not tried the hammers because I am satisfied with the Barnes performance at the ranges that I am shooting and the game that I am hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1660879, member: 69192"] If you have a question about bullet expansion, I' like to suggest simply changing bullets! I hunt bear over bait in Maine, my shots are close. I'm either hunting a 35 Whelen or 358 Winchester. The Whelen with 225 grain bullets is around 2700fps, the 358 Winchester is about 2500fps with 200 grain TTSX bullets. With my last bear, taken at 60-70 yards, the bear was quartering, shot center mass in the chest and exited behind the shoulder. The guide made a statement the the bullet did not exit. I told him to look behind the shoulder because that pink stuff was the lung. The last bear that I shot with the .358 (about 50 yards) was a broadside, through and through, just behind the shoulder. Entrance hole was about the size of a quarter, exit was close to the size of your fist. Broke both shoulders, the bear ran about 20 feet and dropped. There's a lot of information on the Hammer bullets on the forum. I have not tried the hammers because I am satisfied with the Barnes performance at the ranges that I am shooting and the game that I am hunting. [/QUOTE]
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