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First experience with match type bullet on game
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<blockquote data-quote="19elkhunter51" data-source="post: 1763362" data-attributes="member: 14169"><p>Sierra was my go to bullet for many years. I followed their recommendations on using Match Kings for paper and Game Kings for hunting. If you have hunted much at all you will have had game animals that run for extended distance with perfect shot placement (whatever that is) and when you field dress the animal you find the heart in pieces, lungs blown into mush and wonder how the game animal went anywhere much less, fill in the blank, ___ yards before stopping and expiring. </p><p>If you read any of my other posts you will know that I no longer use lead cup and core bullets for hunting because I don't want any more lead in my system than necessary.</p><p>I have had the luxury of being able to shoot a lot in my younger days and when I was doing that also had the luxury of hunting on private property, our own property and on neighboring property, where I could take head shots, always under a hundred yards, or very precise heart lung behind the shoulder shots. Not very many animals move when the brain goes away. What I always found amazing was the inconsistent behavior of game animals, mostly deer, that have been shot with the "perfect" heart lung shot. Some drop in their tracks, DRT, others run away at full speed only to drop dead fifty, sixty or two hundred yards from the shot. </p><p>Your "concerned" that the deer didn't DRT, with you sons shot. Based on your description of shot I honestly don't know what more you could expect of the bullet that you were using. In my very humble opinion, I think you had EXCELLENT performance from that bullet and should saying "My son made a killing shot on a deer with a bullet not designed for hunting and we are know putting the meat in the freezer". </p><p>Nothing wrong with the performance of that bullet in that circumstance. Next time use a Sierra Game King Pro, then complain about bullet performance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="19elkhunter51, post: 1763362, member: 14169"] Sierra was my go to bullet for many years. I followed their recommendations on using Match Kings for paper and Game Kings for hunting. If you have hunted much at all you will have had game animals that run for extended distance with perfect shot placement (whatever that is) and when you field dress the animal you find the heart in pieces, lungs blown into mush and wonder how the game animal went anywhere much less, fill in the blank, ___ yards before stopping and expiring. If you read any of my other posts you will know that I no longer use lead cup and core bullets for hunting because I don't want any more lead in my system than necessary. I have had the luxury of being able to shoot a lot in my younger days and when I was doing that also had the luxury of hunting on private property, our own property and on neighboring property, where I could take head shots, always under a hundred yards, or very precise heart lung behind the shoulder shots. Not very many animals move when the brain goes away. What I always found amazing was the inconsistent behavior of game animals, mostly deer, that have been shot with the "perfect" heart lung shot. Some drop in their tracks, DRT, others run away at full speed only to drop dead fifty, sixty or two hundred yards from the shot. Your "concerned" that the deer didn't DRT, with you sons shot. Based on your description of shot I honestly don't know what more you could expect of the bullet that you were using. In my very humble opinion, I think you had EXCELLENT performance from that bullet and should saying "My son made a killing shot on a deer with a bullet not designed for hunting and we are know putting the meat in the freezer". Nothing wrong with the performance of that bullet in that circumstance. Next time use a Sierra Game King Pro, then complain about bullet performance. [/QUOTE]
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