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The Most DISSAPOINTING Bullet there ever was...
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<blockquote data-quote="Muddyboots" data-source="post: 2759067" data-attributes="member: 63925"><p>.45 250 gr Shock Wave that at times penciled through or blew up. Quite a few reports confirming same experience. My son had same issue. My last kill with one was a doe at 45 yds, went over 250 yds, laid down, had to finish her off. Perfect crease hit, perfect penciled through with zero expansion. We had numerous kills of head scratching what is going on with this bullet.</p><p></p><p>We've had really good luck with them which surprised us when we started to get this type of terminal performance. Maybe bad run that we drew short straw on but nevertheless, it happened. </p><p></p><p>We went to the Hornady .45 250 gr FTX with TC yellow sabot and it has been stellar with accuracy and terminal performance. I believe the FTX has better range of expansion as well. I killed my 2nd best buck (156 7/8) with the FTX couple years ago and bullet performed perfect. One shot in crease, good expansion, exit hole was significantly larger than entry conversely the Shock Wave did not for us. It just had inconsistent performance for us.</p><p></p><p>If a bullet does not perform under circumstances you believe it should, you change it. I feel it actually was a positive to go to the FTX. Oh great, good luck finding them now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Muddyboots, post: 2759067, member: 63925"] .45 250 gr Shock Wave that at times penciled through or blew up. Quite a few reports confirming same experience. My son had same issue. My last kill with one was a doe at 45 yds, went over 250 yds, laid down, had to finish her off. Perfect crease hit, perfect penciled through with zero expansion. We had numerous kills of head scratching what is going on with this bullet. We've had really good luck with them which surprised us when we started to get this type of terminal performance. Maybe bad run that we drew short straw on but nevertheless, it happened. We went to the Hornady .45 250 gr FTX with TC yellow sabot and it has been stellar with accuracy and terminal performance. I believe the FTX has better range of expansion as well. I killed my 2nd best buck (156 7/8) with the FTX couple years ago and bullet performed perfect. One shot in crease, good expansion, exit hole was significantly larger than entry conversely the Shock Wave did not for us. It just had inconsistent performance for us. If a bullet does not perform under circumstances you believe it should, you change it. I feel it actually was a positive to go to the FTX. Oh great, good luck finding them now. [/QUOTE]
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