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Favorite hammer bullet 6.5 creedmoor loads
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<blockquote data-quote="PLHunter" data-source="post: 2066455" data-attributes="member: 107772"><p>I'm going to be giving the badlands a try after trying all the other non-toxic bullets. Just for the BC.</p><p></p><p>I love the mode of action for the cutting edge and hammer bullets. Seems reliable and has been for me through several kills. Longest kill was 500 yards. The thing I like about the pedal shedding design is it's easy to guarantee a certain amount of energy transfer. It is either fast enough to lose petals or it's not. Calculating energy imparted is easy you know the mass dumped into the animal and the speed. Fairly failsafe.</p><p></p><p>The mushroom type design of Barnes and the badlands has hardly any expansion at lower impact velocities but more guaranteed penetration. So it's a more gradual reduction in impact effectiveness. The way I see it the hammer strategy is better for bang flops on cartridge appropriate game and has more point of impact forgiveness (I've hit the lungs three times only to watch the animal drop on the hoof because a pedal strikes the spinal cord or heart) </p><p></p><p>The badlands/Barnes strategy is better for tackling large game for caliber but for that application requires better tracking and shot placement. So like a quartering away bull with a creedmoor at 400 yards. You're going to get almost the entire bullet weight driving through at the speed impacted. Increasing penetration. But your wound channel while deeper won't be quite as traumatic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PLHunter, post: 2066455, member: 107772"] I’m going to be giving the badlands a try after trying all the other non-toxic bullets. Just for the BC. I love the mode of action for the cutting edge and hammer bullets. Seems reliable and has been for me through several kills. Longest kill was 500 yards. The thing I like about the pedal shedding design is it’s easy to guarantee a certain amount of energy transfer. It is either fast enough to lose petals or it’s not. Calculating energy imparted is easy you know the mass dumped into the animal and the speed. Fairly failsafe. The mushroom type design of Barnes and the badlands has hardly any expansion at lower impact velocities but more guaranteed penetration. So it’s a more gradual reduction in impact effectiveness. The way I see it the hammer strategy is better for bang flops on cartridge appropriate game and has more point of impact forgiveness (I’ve hit the lungs three times only to watch the animal drop on the hoof because a pedal strikes the spinal cord or heart) The badlands/Barnes strategy is better for tackling large game for caliber but for that application requires better tracking and shot placement. So like a quartering away bull with a creedmoor at 400 yards. You’re going to get almost the entire bullet weight driving through at the speed impacted. Increasing penetration. But your wound channel while deeper won’t be quite as traumatic. [/QUOTE]
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