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machined drive band bullets?
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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 943646" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>I've shot some really good all copper bullets and some real poor! I've been very happy with driving band designs like the GS Custom or Cutting Edge bullets, I still shoot some Barnes but only on light game and coyotes just to many issues once you start pushing the range.</p><p>I tend to shoot more cals in the mid size range but will push the ranges with all of them, the monos still have room for improvement IMO. There are some things that just will never be over come like BC and needing to twist up to shoot the best bullets. </p><p>The two issues that I can constantly produce and don't like, one is the percentage of bullets that will deflect on heavy bone and not penetrate the vitals and two is the size of the wound channels. Last year while testing a mono I had one bullet enter an elks neck and turn up and exit the top of the neck, fortunately the bullet turned in the center of the spine and did hit the cord. A second elk took a bullet through first few ribs, passing within 1/2 inch of the major arteries running up the neck the punching the spine and there was not a single bit of damage to the arteries which would have killed it fast without the need for a second shot. </p><p>Still looking for the perfect mono that will match at least the terminal performance of a cup and core at long range, I can deal with a little less BC but I gotta have a good permanent wound channel that tracks through the animal till it's ran out of steam.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 943646, member: 13632"] I've shot some really good all copper bullets and some real poor! I've been very happy with driving band designs like the GS Custom or Cutting Edge bullets, I still shoot some Barnes but only on light game and coyotes just to many issues once you start pushing the range. I tend to shoot more cals in the mid size range but will push the ranges with all of them, the monos still have room for improvement IMO. There are some things that just will never be over come like BC and needing to twist up to shoot the best bullets. The two issues that I can constantly produce and don't like, one is the percentage of bullets that will deflect on heavy bone and not penetrate the vitals and two is the size of the wound channels. Last year while testing a mono I had one bullet enter an elks neck and turn up and exit the top of the neck, fortunately the bullet turned in the center of the spine and did hit the cord. A second elk took a bullet through first few ribs, passing within 1/2 inch of the major arteries running up the neck the punching the spine and there was not a single bit of damage to the arteries which would have killed it fast without the need for a second shot. Still looking for the perfect mono that will match at least the terminal performance of a cup and core at long range, I can deal with a little less BC but I gotta have a good permanent wound channel that tracks through the animal till it's ran out of steam. [/QUOTE]
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