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exploding bullets on impact...is this real or are people guessing?
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<blockquote data-quote="LVJ76" data-source="post: 1753735" data-attributes="member: 108965"><p>Soft bullets like the Ballistic Tips, SST, Gamekings and others can blow up on impact at magnum speeds especially when they hit the shoulder or other bone, they will break the shoulder but fail to penetrate the vitals as required to produce a fast and clean kill.</p><p></p><p>For example, the 139gr SST on a 7mm Rem Mag will blow up on impact on close range shots when its still going at a high velocity, but on an impact at 400 yds you wont have that problem anymore.</p><p></p><p>Now this same bullet the 139gr SST on the 7mm-08 works with great results due to the lower speed, wether 50 yds or 500 yds you won't have to worry about its performance even if you hit the shoulder, it will penetrate the shoulder, destroy the vitals and in most cases exit on the other side.</p><p></p><p>Now for magnum velocity cartridges the heavier for caliber bullets work best, example on the 7mm Rem Mag the 162gr SST works with amazing results whether hitting the animal at 50 yds or 700 yds, bullet will do what its designed to do, kill quickly.</p><p></p><p>Now when the soft and lighter bullets are used at magnum speeds they will not blow up on a behind the shoulder shot, they will turn the vitals to jello and sometimes may not exit. The problem is that if you do hit bone you can trail that animal for hours and in some cases lose it. A buddy of mine hit a coues on the front shoulder early in the morning, we tracked it for about 8 hours till almost dusk when we finally caught up to him and finished him up. Since then he uses heavier bullets that wont have this problem.</p><p></p><p>In some cases you will see bruising on the vitals or even some punctures by bone or bullet fragments, but not damage them to the extreme of an actual bullet impacting them and turning then to jello.</p><p></p><p>On medium cartridges with impact at close range you wont have this problem if these soft bullets have a muzzle velocity under 2,850 fps. Cartridges like the 7mm-08 Rem, 308 Win, 6.5 CM, etc.</p><p></p><p>Its on the larger cartridges you need to be careful with.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LVJ76, post: 1753735, member: 108965"] Soft bullets like the Ballistic Tips, SST, Gamekings and others can blow up on impact at magnum speeds especially when they hit the shoulder or other bone, they will break the shoulder but fail to penetrate the vitals as required to produce a fast and clean kill. For example, the 139gr SST on a 7mm Rem Mag will blow up on impact on close range shots when its still going at a high velocity, but on an impact at 400 yds you wont have that problem anymore. Now this same bullet the 139gr SST on the 7mm-08 works with great results due to the lower speed, wether 50 yds or 500 yds you won't have to worry about its performance even if you hit the shoulder, it will penetrate the shoulder, destroy the vitals and in most cases exit on the other side. Now for magnum velocity cartridges the heavier for caliber bullets work best, example on the 7mm Rem Mag the 162gr SST works with amazing results whether hitting the animal at 50 yds or 700 yds, bullet will do what its designed to do, kill quickly. Now when the soft and lighter bullets are used at magnum speeds they will not blow up on a behind the shoulder shot, they will turn the vitals to jello and sometimes may not exit. The problem is that if you do hit bone you can trail that animal for hours and in some cases lose it. A buddy of mine hit a coues on the front shoulder early in the morning, we tracked it for about 8 hours till almost dusk when we finally caught up to him and finished him up. Since then he uses heavier bullets that wont have this problem. In some cases you will see bruising on the vitals or even some punctures by bone or bullet fragments, but not damage them to the extreme of an actual bullet impacting them and turning then to jello. On medium cartridges with impact at close range you wont have this problem if these soft bullets have a muzzle velocity under 2,850 fps. Cartridges like the 7mm-08 Rem, 308 Win, 6.5 CM, etc. Its on the larger cartridges you need to be careful with. Hope this helps [/QUOTE]
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