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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1248794" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>I agree 100%. In my experience Sierra game bullets are designed for impact velocities under 3000 fps. For example one of the most accurate game bullets I have ever shot in my custom Rem, 700 25-06 is the 117 Sierra Pro Hunter flat base bullet. It averages 3000 fps at the muzzle. From between 20ish to around 180 yards this bullet will usually totally expand going through both shoulder of a deer and you will find just the jacket under the hide on the off side. Beyond 180 yards it usually exits. Does not matter because 99% of the time it is BANG FLOP. When you speed that bullet up like in a 257 Weatherby Mag to 3300 or so fps muzzle velocity inside 100 yards you can have problems with light penetration like blowing a shoulder off of a deer and not getting into the vitals which my hunting buddy found out a few times. He switched to Nosler partition and later Barnes bullets and had no more problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 1248794, member: 10178"] I agree 100%. In my experience Sierra game bullets are designed for impact velocities under 3000 fps. For example one of the most accurate game bullets I have ever shot in my custom Rem, 700 25-06 is the 117 Sierra Pro Hunter flat base bullet. It averages 3000 fps at the muzzle. From between 20ish to around 180 yards this bullet will usually totally expand going through both shoulder of a deer and you will find just the jacket under the hide on the off side. Beyond 180 yards it usually exits. Does not matter because 99% of the time it is BANG FLOP. When you speed that bullet up like in a 257 Weatherby Mag to 3300 or so fps muzzle velocity inside 100 yards you can have problems with light penetration like blowing a shoulder off of a deer and not getting into the vitals which my hunting buddy found out a few times. He switched to Nosler partition and later Barnes bullets and had no more problems. [/QUOTE]
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