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Copper vs lead
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<blockquote data-quote="snox801" data-source="post: 2019828" data-attributes="member: 54383"><p>So I've been down this road also. Part of that is true a smaller billet seems to out perform its weight. Partly because speed kills.</p><p> Second not all copper are the same. I've have ran almost all types. </p><p> Started with Barnes and had only ok performance some not expanding. Still not up to what cup and core did for performance. So I went back to lead. Then I tried the cutting edge raptors for shorter ranges out to 400. Those kind did the best of both worlds. Nice explosive damage inside and the shank always had an exit hole only problem was the exit hole was always caliber sized. I thought I found the bullet. Then I tried hammer bullets. These are as close to lead as I've ever seen. They cause tons of internal trauma and nice sized exit hole. Seems to me they use a much better copper than the others. Softer Is what I gather as sometimes if you drop loaded round you could dent the front and close off the hollow point somewhat. I have shot those through pigs and it didn't seem to effect it that much but that may be the dense nature of pigs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snox801, post: 2019828, member: 54383"] So I’ve been down this road also. Part of that is true a smaller billet seems to out perform its weight. Partly because speed kills. Second not all copper are the same. I’ve have ran almost all types. Started with Barnes and had only ok performance some not expanding. Still not up to what cup and core did for performance. So I went back to lead. Then I tried the cutting edge raptors for shorter ranges out to 400. Those kind did the best of both worlds. Nice explosive damage inside and the shank always had an exit hole only problem was the exit hole was always caliber sized. I thought I found the bullet. Then I tried hammer bullets. These are as close to lead as I’ve ever seen. They cause tons of internal trauma and nice sized exit hole. Seems to me they use a much better copper than the others. Softer Is what I gather as sometimes if you drop loaded round you could dent the front and close off the hollow point somewhat. I have shot those through pigs and it didn’t seem to effect it that much but that may be the dense nature of pigs. [/QUOTE]
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