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TARGET BULLETS ARE NOT HUNTING BULLETS!
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<blockquote data-quote="Bravo 4" data-source="post: 3051943" data-attributes="member: 8873"><p>This is something that I bring up when the weekly subject of bullet performance comes back around. You cannot label bullets together, even if they share the same name. A 7mm 139 gr SST and 225 grain .338 SST only share a name, two different animals. The same thing applies to other bullets, target or not (like Matchkings). I've shot deer with 7mm, .30 & .338 cal Matchkings in a multitude of different scenarios and, while others like them, I didn't like the inconsistent terminal performance I received with all but the .338's. The 300 grain Matchkings have given me excellent performance from close to extremely far on deer and elk, and as stated earlier, it's one of my favorites. A good friend and fellow member (who hasn't posted for quite a while) has used the 250 grainers for many years with the same outcome.</p><p>I will say this: the bullet is part of the system, which includes the shooter. Everything else in the system has the job of getting the bullet moving and to point the bullet correctly so it can hit its intended poi. Once the bullet leaves the barrel it does all the work, so match the bullet for the intended outcome. Wrong bullet, can mean wrong outcome…no matter what its name implies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bravo 4, post: 3051943, member: 8873"] This is something that I bring up when the weekly subject of bullet performance comes back around. You cannot label bullets together, even if they share the same name. A 7mm 139 gr SST and 225 grain .338 SST only share a name, two different animals. The same thing applies to other bullets, target or not (like Matchkings). I've shot deer with 7mm, .30 & .338 cal Matchkings in a multitude of different scenarios and, while others like them, I didn't like the inconsistent terminal performance I received with all but the .338's. The 300 grain Matchkings have given me excellent performance from close to extremely far on deer and elk, and as stated earlier, it's one of my favorites. A good friend and fellow member (who hasn't posted for quite a while) has used the 250 grainers for many years with the same outcome. I will say this: the bullet is part of the system, which includes the shooter. Everything else in the system has the job of getting the bullet moving and to point the bullet correctly so it can hit its intended poi. Once the bullet leaves the barrel it does all the work, so match the bullet for the intended outcome. Wrong bullet, can mean wrong outcome…no matter what its name implies. [/QUOTE]
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