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Heavy hardcast lead for bear?
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<blockquote data-quote="-WARDOG-" data-source="post: 2334228" data-attributes="member: 119077"><p>I am a big bore handgunner and use heavy hardcast bullets in .475 Linebaugh and .500 JRH. Typically 440 gn @ 1350 fps out to 80 yds.</p><p>Look for a hardcast with an 80% meplat. It has the ballistics of a 1969 Ford Bronco but it will give you a larger than caliber hole. Driven around the 1350 + fps you will get a passthrough on most animals and bone does little to slow or divert it. (elk, deer, black bear, moose even).</p><p>When dealing with heavy, slower, limited expanding bullets (hardcast), the energy myth goes on vacation. They kill differently than rifle bullets but you can eat right up to the hole. Very little meat is bloodshot.</p><p>I agree with Longcruise. Consider a 405 grain bullet @1400 fps out to 130 yds. You can shoot it a little faster than the 500 grainer to reduce the rainbow arc without it punishing your shoulder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="-WARDOG-, post: 2334228, member: 119077"] I am a big bore handgunner and use heavy hardcast bullets in .475 Linebaugh and .500 JRH. Typically 440 gn @ 1350 fps out to 80 yds. Look for a hardcast with an 80% meplat. It has the ballistics of a 1969 Ford Bronco but it will give you a larger than caliber hole. Driven around the 1350 + fps you will get a passthrough on most animals and bone does little to slow or divert it. (elk, deer, black bear, moose even). When dealing with heavy, slower, limited expanding bullets (hardcast), the energy myth goes on vacation. They kill differently than rifle bullets but you can eat right up to the hole. Very little meat is bloodshot. I agree with Longcruise. Consider a 405 grain bullet @1400 fps out to 130 yds. You can shoot it a little faster than the 500 grainer to reduce the rainbow arc without it punishing your shoulder. [/QUOTE]
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