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Hammer bullet for short range bear hunting
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<blockquote data-quote="memtb" data-source="post: 2766126" data-attributes="member: 75451"><p>While we (wife and I) have had good luck on bears with conventional cup and core bullets and one with a handgun cast bullet, we now ( since 1992 or 3) hunt exclusively with monos. There is a reason for that……they simply work when their velocities are kept high enough for reliable expansion. We also "Do Not" use light for caliber, we stay in the "standard/conventional" bullet weight……opting for the higher BC bullets which can extend our needed velocity envelope! In our case, keeping the velocities high enough is a non issue …..as we limit the ranges at which we shoot game. We use the KISS principle…..and simply use one bullet for all of our hunting!</p><p></p><p> If we were to attempt to shoot game at ranges beyond the expansion velocities for our cartridges (750 + yards), which is a pretty long shot at game…..we would then use a cup & core that would accommodate the reduced velocities.</p><p></p><p> For the new cartridge you're using for your hunt……your previous bullet selection should work great! memtb</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="memtb, post: 2766126, member: 75451"] While we (wife and I) have had good luck on bears with conventional cup and core bullets and one with a handgun cast bullet, we now ( since 1992 or 3) hunt exclusively with monos. There is a reason for that……they simply work when their velocities are kept high enough for reliable expansion. We also “Do Not” use light for caliber, we stay in the “standard/conventional“ bullet weight……opting for the higher BC bullets which can extend our needed velocity envelope! In our case, keeping the velocities high enough is a non issue …..as we limit the ranges at which we shoot game. We use the KISS principle…..and simply use one bullet for all of our hunting! If we were to attempt to shoot game at ranges beyond the expansion velocities for our cartridges (750 + yards), which is a pretty long shot at game…..we would then use a cup & core that would accommodate the reduced velocities. For the new cartridge you’re using for your hunt……your previous bullet selection should work great! memtb [/QUOTE]
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