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Lost River's J36 terminal performance?
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<blockquote data-quote="davewilson" data-source="post: 100046" data-attributes="member: 4491"><p><strong>Re: Lost River\'s J36 terminal performance?</strong></p><p></p><p>Roy, for shots out to 500 or so, use almost any hunting bullet that shoots well will probably work OK. he said hunting at long range. that is 600 and out for most on here.the trouble with solid copper bullets is they have to fit the bore perfectly in order to shoot well.it seems not many do this.i'm sure this is what Kirby was telling you.i have an 06 that is a good shooting hunting gun. it will print 1 inch with a couple of bullets at 200 yds. more or less, most of the time. i couldn't get LR's to shoot under 4" at 100 yds. EVER. the bullets i've shot into slate banks don't expand at all.the tip is gone and you're left with a single diameter flat nosed projectile that hasn't expanded at all.this is fine for killing animals at close ranges(out to 500)but for long range and the resultant low impact speeds, i don't know of any long range hunters that use them.</p><p></p><p>by the way Roy,what is a 338PWM?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davewilson, post: 100046, member: 4491"] [b]Re: Lost River\'s J36 terminal performance?[/b] Roy, for shots out to 500 or so, use almost any hunting bullet that shoots well will probably work OK. he said hunting at long range. that is 600 and out for most on here.the trouble with solid copper bullets is they have to fit the bore perfectly in order to shoot well.it seems not many do this.i'm sure this is what Kirby was telling you.i have an 06 that is a good shooting hunting gun. it will print 1 inch with a couple of bullets at 200 yds. more or less, most of the time. i couldn't get LR's to shoot under 4" at 100 yds. EVER. the bullets i've shot into slate banks don't expand at all.the tip is gone and you're left with a single diameter flat nosed projectile that hasn't expanded at all.this is fine for killing animals at close ranges(out to 500)but for long range and the resultant low impact speeds, i don't know of any long range hunters that use them. by the way Roy,what is a 338PWM? [/QUOTE]
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