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Least fussy mono-metal bullet?
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 2346070" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>I think range plays a lot into shot placement as well. Nothing wrong with "aiming for bone" on sub 300 yard shots. However when your taking an 800+ shot, your aiming center vitals, and want the most room for error. Having both the accuracy and precision to make a hit every time on a specific bone at that range in field conditions simply isn't practical, aim center vitals, and you have a fair chance of hitting bone. If you don't, the bullet still needs to perform. </p><p></p><p>But ya, at 300 yards or less, most of our guns shoot groups that will fit inside the bottom of a pop can or less, and wind isn't usually doing enough that it can't be easily accounted for, at those ranges I take full advantage of picking my shot to the enth degree if I'm down on a solid rest, and I usually save myself some work on the butcher table and try to aim behind the shoulder. Or put it through the neck.....</p><p></p><p>Then again, most of my closer shots like that are pronghorn. There are no trees, and if they run 150 yards, it doesn't matter, we are in open desert or big fields. I prefer to anchor elk, if I could pin point my shot every time, it would be through the heavy shoulder muscle, in the corner of the humorous and scapula on a broadside shot. Impacts hard, doesn't shard bone everywhere, and drains the pump house.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 2346070, member: 87243"] I think range plays a lot into shot placement as well. Nothing wrong with "aiming for bone" on sub 300 yard shots. However when your taking an 800+ shot, your aiming center vitals, and want the most room for error. Having both the accuracy and precision to make a hit every time on a specific bone at that range in field conditions simply isn't practical, aim center vitals, and you have a fair chance of hitting bone. If you don't, the bullet still needs to perform. But ya, at 300 yards or less, most of our guns shoot groups that will fit inside the bottom of a pop can or less, and wind isn't usually doing enough that it can't be easily accounted for, at those ranges I take full advantage of picking my shot to the enth degree if I'm down on a solid rest, and I usually save myself some work on the butcher table and try to aim behind the shoulder. Or put it through the neck..... Then again, most of my closer shots like that are pronghorn. There are no trees, and if they run 150 yards, it doesn't matter, we are in open desert or big fields. I prefer to anchor elk, if I could pin point my shot every time, it would be through the heavy shoulder muscle, in the corner of the humorous and scapula on a broadside shot. Impacts hard, doesn't shard bone everywhere, and drains the pump house. [/QUOTE]
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