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<blockquote data-quote="BigNate" data-source="post: 2696048" data-attributes="member: 301"><p>I used to do a lot of calling, and put quite a few bobcats on the fur Market.</p><p>Trying to find a bullet / cartridge combo that is fur friendly at shorter range and still works well out at 500 is quite the trick. I never did.</p><p>I tried lots of different things and had some success and some failures. The bullets that did the least damage to the fur up close, got blown off target in the wind and the better ones in the wind caused bigger holes.</p><p>I wound up using several different setups depending on the topography of the area we were hunting. Mostly used .223 or .22-250, but found that with certain bullets the .243 and even a .257 Roberts weren't any worse. In fact I used the Roberts quite a bit with Hornady 75gr hp loaded a little hot. They rarely existed up close, and it shot pretty flat.</p><p>I had two loads for the .22-250 that I could swap between for shorter range and further out. It's been quite a long time but I believe it was 55gr Ballistic tips for longer, and 45 or 50gr Blitz or Hornady SX bullets up close. One of those worked great and one came apart leaving the barrel. The one that disintegrated in flight worked perfect out of a Contender.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigNate, post: 2696048, member: 301"] I used to do a lot of calling, and put quite a few bobcats on the fur Market. Trying to find a bullet / cartridge combo that is fur friendly at shorter range and still works well out at 500 is quite the trick. I never did. I tried lots of different things and had some success and some failures. The bullets that did the least damage to the fur up close, got blown off target in the wind and the better ones in the wind caused bigger holes. I wound up using several different setups depending on the topography of the area we were hunting. Mostly used .223 or .22-250, but found that with certain bullets the .243 and even a .257 Roberts weren't any worse. In fact I used the Roberts quite a bit with Hornady 75gr hp loaded a little hot. They rarely existed up close, and it shot pretty flat. I had two loads for the .22-250 that I could swap between for shorter range and further out. It's been quite a long time but I believe it was 55gr Ballistic tips for longer, and 45 or 50gr Blitz or Hornady SX bullets up close. One of those worked great and one came apart leaving the barrel. The one that disintegrated in flight worked perfect out of a Contender. [/QUOTE]
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