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<blockquote data-quote="Tac-O" data-source="post: 1739457" data-attributes="member: 109994"><p>Wouldn't that make bullet hype and marketing tertiary? Yes shot placement and velocity are the top factors, but I don't want to use a bullet that might explode upon hitting the animal with shots under a hundred yards leaving a bunch of shrapnel in the meat and or having a very shallow wound.</p><p></p><p>I've heard of this happening with bullets like the eld-x, Sierra, and Berger. But, I do assume that some of those people's experiences may have been due to using higher velocity cartridges where they would be impacting the animal at 3000 + FPS. I'm just getting started with hand loading though, so I could be completely wrong on that assumption.</p><p></p><p>Sorather than oversimplifying it and going with any bullet, I am primarily asking about bullets that are on the cheaper side, are very solid so that they won't explode at short range, but will still expand well for my firearm setup out to 400 yards.</p><p></p><p>I'm well aware to avoid some the hype and some of the internet information within the long range shooting industry! For example, the big debate on breaking in barrels and cleaning copper from barrels. Let's not start discussing that here though!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tac-O, post: 1739457, member: 109994"] Wouldn't that make bullet hype and marketing tertiary? Yes shot placement and velocity are the top factors, but I don't want to use a bullet that might explode upon hitting the animal with shots under a hundred yards leaving a bunch of shrapnel in the meat and or having a very shallow wound. I've heard of this happening with bullets like the eld-x, Sierra, and Berger. But, I do assume that some of those people's experiences may have been due to using higher velocity cartridges where they would be impacting the animal at 3000 + FPS. I'm just getting started with hand loading though, so I could be completely wrong on that assumption. Sorather than oversimplifying it and going with any bullet, I am primarily asking about bullets that are on the cheaper side, are very solid so that they won't explode at short range, but will still expand well for my firearm setup out to 400 yards. I'm well aware to avoid some the hype and some of the internet information within the long range shooting industry! For example, the big debate on breaking in barrels and cleaning copper from barrels. Let's not start discussing that here though! [/QUOTE]
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