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Elk bullet?
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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 1380809" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>I ran Barnes exclusively for many years, I would not hunt with losers who shot anything but Barnes UNTIL I started helping take elk on pivots in large numbers, it took two years for me to believe and understand what was going on but shooting cow elk in the center of the shoulder with 165 and 168 gr Barnes from 06 to 300 WBY velocities around a third of them would not make it into the chest and either deflecting out the front of the shoulder or flat stopping and just breaking the shoulders. </p><p>The issue is they open big and don't shear the petals of and so you have huge frontal area but since we've bought into the light fast theory we are shooting bullet that lake momentum and then the bullet either stops or goes path of least resistance. </p><p>If I shoot a copper bullet I shoot ones that will shed the frontal are if met with that much resistance allowing the shank to continue through the vitals and track straight. The ONLY copper bullet I've been sent to test that I could not get to deflect or stop on an elk shoulder was Hammer bullets, Barnes, GS, Cutting Edge all could be put into a position to fail and did and I won't shoot them at elk.</p><p>Had I not shot elk in a place where you can see everything happen and they can't just disappear I'd probably still be shooting Barnes and thinking I could shoot through anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 1380809, member: 13632"] I ran Barnes exclusively for many years, I would not hunt with losers who shot anything but Barnes UNTIL I started helping take elk on pivots in large numbers, it took two years for me to believe and understand what was going on but shooting cow elk in the center of the shoulder with 165 and 168 gr Barnes from 06 to 300 WBY velocities around a third of them would not make it into the chest and either deflecting out the front of the shoulder or flat stopping and just breaking the shoulders. The issue is they open big and don't shear the petals of and so you have huge frontal area but since we've bought into the light fast theory we are shooting bullet that lake momentum and then the bullet either stops or goes path of least resistance. If I shoot a copper bullet I shoot ones that will shed the frontal are if met with that much resistance allowing the shank to continue through the vitals and track straight. The ONLY copper bullet I've been sent to test that I could not get to deflect or stop on an elk shoulder was Hammer bullets, Barnes, GS, Cutting Edge all could be put into a position to fail and did and I won't shoot them at elk. Had I not shot elk in a place where you can see everything happen and they can't just disappear I'd probably still be shooting Barnes and thinking I could shoot through anything. [/QUOTE]
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