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<blockquote data-quote="nicholasjohn" data-source="post: 2326601" data-attributes="member: 109113"><p>Here's my take on the supposed lack of expansion with mono-metal bullets : They usually make smallish exit wounds, at least in my experience. This doesn't mean they didn't expand. There was always plenty of tissue damage inside the body cavity - where the important plumbing is located. There was not a lot of blood-shot meat on the way in, and exits wounds weren't the gaping craters that I was used to seeing with lead-core bullets. They did always exit, ( even a few times when deer were shot the long way ) and they always killed the animals quickly. They just didn't blow them up or leave a nasty exit wound. The bullet I'm talking about is the Hornady GMX, 165-grain 30-caliber. </p><p></p><p>I'll be hunting this fall with the 143-grain Hammer Hunter in 284 diameter. I expect to see the same kind of holes in deer & elk that I've been getting from the GMX. I'll be surprised if I don't, because most of what I've read on this forum suggests that. The reason I'm switching is because the Hornady factory loads I had been using have become unavailable. Hammers are easy to get ahold of, I had read here that load development is quick & easy. I have found that to be true. They aren't sensitive to seating depth variation, so once pressure testing is done, the first load I tried in the high end of the node shot tiny little groups with good ES & SD's. I don't get screaming velocity with them, but they go plenty fast enough. I may try other powders after hunting season is over, and see if I can find an accurate load that is faster, but if i don't I won't sweat it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nicholasjohn, post: 2326601, member: 109113"] Here's my take on the supposed lack of expansion with mono-metal bullets : They usually make smallish exit wounds, at least in my experience. This doesn't mean they didn't expand. There was always plenty of tissue damage inside the body cavity - where the important plumbing is located. There was not a lot of blood-shot meat on the way in, and exits wounds weren't the gaping craters that I was used to seeing with lead-core bullets. They did always exit, ( even a few times when deer were shot the long way ) and they always killed the animals quickly. They just didn't blow them up or leave a nasty exit wound. The bullet I'm talking about is the Hornady GMX, 165-grain 30-caliber. I'll be hunting this fall with the 143-grain Hammer Hunter in 284 diameter. I expect to see the same kind of holes in deer & elk that I've been getting from the GMX. I'll be surprised if I don't, because most of what I've read on this forum suggests that. The reason I'm switching is because the Hornady factory loads I had been using have become unavailable. Hammers are easy to get ahold of, I had read here that load development is quick & easy. I have found that to be true. They aren't sensitive to seating depth variation, so once pressure testing is done, the first load I tried in the high end of the node shot tiny little groups with good ES & SD's. I don't get screaming velocity with them, but they go plenty fast enough. I may try other powders after hunting season is over, and see if I can find an accurate load that is faster, but if i don't I won't sweat it. [/QUOTE]
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