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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 574848" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Naa I don't get heated over silly discussions.</p><p> </p><p>I shoot at least four to five days a week at game or predators, and have guided thousands of hunts over the last forty years for everything from quail to large boars.</p><p> </p><p>I don't settle on a bullet because I'm in love with the manufacturer, I settle on them because of seeing them in action and couint out others for the same reason.</p><p> </p><p>I've seen so many animals run off and have to be tracked with bullets similar to and including the Amax I simply will not use them any more. Now if I were shooting the big 338's my opinion would almost certainly be different because you start off with such a massively large bullet that even if it looses 80% of it's mass there's still enough to come out the other side.</p><p> </p><p>As for "dead right there" shots, no one will convince me that any bullet is going to consistently deliver those kinds of kills unless it's breaking both shoulders and/or the spine. To do either of those a bullet must be able to hold together long enough for good penetration to do that.</p><p> </p><p>Most of us here plan for long range shots, but you can read through the enormous number of threads here where the planned long range hunt very quickly ended up producing shots inside of 400 yards all too frequently. At high velocities in the sub .338 calibers the thin skinned target bullet is just not going to perform as well as a designed hunting bullet that is specifically engineered for controlled expansion. The end result is all too a wounded animal or one with a tremendous hole on the backside and a lot of wasted meat. Neither appeals to me at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 574848, member: 30902"] Naa I don't get heated over silly discussions. I shoot at least four to five days a week at game or predators, and have guided thousands of hunts over the last forty years for everything from quail to large boars. I don't settle on a bullet because I'm in love with the manufacturer, I settle on them because of seeing them in action and couint out others for the same reason. I've seen so many animals run off and have to be tracked with bullets similar to and including the Amax I simply will not use them any more. Now if I were shooting the big 338's my opinion would almost certainly be different because you start off with such a massively large bullet that even if it looses 80% of it's mass there's still enough to come out the other side. As for "dead right there" shots, no one will convince me that any bullet is going to consistently deliver those kinds of kills unless it's breaking both shoulders and/or the spine. To do either of those a bullet must be able to hold together long enough for good penetration to do that. Most of us here plan for long range shots, but you can read through the enormous number of threads here where the planned long range hunt very quickly ended up producing shots inside of 400 yards all too frequently. At high velocities in the sub .338 calibers the thin skinned target bullet is just not going to perform as well as a designed hunting bullet that is specifically engineered for controlled expansion. The end result is all too a wounded animal or one with a tremendous hole on the backside and a lot of wasted meat. Neither appeals to me at all. [/QUOTE]
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