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<blockquote data-quote="Darryl Cassel" data-source="post: 298" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Hello</p><p></p><p>At the range you shot the antelope with a full load of powder in a 308 Baer case ( I have had three or four 308 Baers over the years) the bullet was too light for the velocity and was probably blowing up on contact and not penetrating very far. </p><p>How much of each MK did you find?</p><p></p><p>If you would have used a 200 or 220 gr MK at the range you shot, in the 308 Baer I'm confident the results would have been different.</p><p></p><p>At extreme range the MKs hold together very well and will expand the way a bullet is supposed to.</p><p></p><p>I report to Rich Marholtz at Sierra after every hunt and he knows what we do with MK bullets. Of course Sierra will say don't use MKs for hunting for the reasons that you encountered. To Light of a bullet for the extreme speed you were running it. It's amazing the bullet held together getting to the game. I have seen 168 gr bullets blow at 1000 yd matches because of the speed they were being driven with the big wildcat magnums such as a Bear, Goodling or RDP case.</p><p></p><p>Try at least the 200 Gr (220 is better) next time and see what happens to the antelope.</p><p>He won't get up after being hit.</p><p></p><p>Darryl Cassel</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darryl Cassel, post: 298, member: 34"] Hello At the range you shot the antelope with a full load of powder in a 308 Baer case ( I have had three or four 308 Baers over the years) the bullet was too light for the velocity and was probably blowing up on contact and not penetrating very far. How much of each MK did you find? If you would have used a 200 or 220 gr MK at the range you shot, in the 308 Baer I'm confident the results would have been different. At extreme range the MKs hold together very well and will expand the way a bullet is supposed to. I report to Rich Marholtz at Sierra after every hunt and he knows what we do with MK bullets. Of course Sierra will say don't use MKs for hunting for the reasons that you encountered. To Light of a bullet for the extreme speed you were running it. It's amazing the bullet held together getting to the game. I have seen 168 gr bullets blow at 1000 yd matches because of the speed they were being driven with the big wildcat magnums such as a Bear, Goodling or RDP case. Try at least the 200 Gr (220 is better) next time and see what happens to the antelope. He won't get up after being hit. Darryl Cassel [/QUOTE]
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