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exploding bullets on impact...is this real or are people guessing?
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<blockquote data-quote="nicholasjohn" data-source="post: 1759965" data-attributes="member: 109113"><p>I used the 180-grain A-Frames in the 30-06 for a long time, and shot a lot of animals with it. I have never had anything but complete penetration with it, even on deer shot the long way. The tissue damage was never extreme, but the animals all went down immediately. I know that there are numerous factors that determine whether or not the animal will drop at the shot, and I've read a ton of stories about the "energy-dump" theory, and the bullet staying in the animal. If dumping all the energy in the animal is so important to dropping them on the spot, why then does a bullet which plows all the way through and makes smallish wound channels so effective at knocking them down right now ??? I realize that the 30-06 is a big gun for deer, and I have only used this cartridge/bullet combination on elk a couple of times. It has worked the same way - just not as many times as with deer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nicholasjohn, post: 1759965, member: 109113"] I used the 180-grain A-Frames in the 30-06 for a long time, and shot a lot of animals with it. I have never had anything but complete penetration with it, even on deer shot the long way. The tissue damage was never extreme, but the animals all went down immediately. I know that there are numerous factors that determine whether or not the animal will drop at the shot, and I've read a ton of stories about the "energy-dump" theory, and the bullet staying in the animal. If dumping all the energy in the animal is so important to dropping them on the spot, why then does a bullet which plows all the way through and makes smallish wound channels so effective at knocking them down right now ??? I realize that the 30-06 is a big gun for deer, and I have only used this cartridge/bullet combination on elk a couple of times. It has worked the same way - just not as many times as with deer. [/QUOTE]
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