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<blockquote data-quote="Jon Bischof" data-source="post: 1718814" data-attributes="member: 879"><p>We can all see the problem from the experiences posted in this thread so far. We all want "the perfect bullet"--High BC, super accurate, deep penetration with a good exit hole, great expansion and tissue disruption without fragmentation or losing too much mass. That's the perfect bullet.</p><p></p><p>It doesn't really exist, but these qualities every maker claims for their bullet and every hunter wants these attributes. But the Laws of Physics demand a trade-off between expansion and penetration. And many because of the downside of this trade-off, do opt to use cannons that are more than enough cartridge for the game and so often more than enough added weight and recoil for the hunter.</p><p></p><p>Bullet makers have come at this problem from a number of different angles and approaches. The Partition was Nosler's early attempt to keep an expanding bullet from flying apart inside the critter so that the hunter would always get an exit hole. Not really designed for long range accuracy, but it did expand and usually did exit.</p><p></p><p>Other mechanical locking methods where employed like Hornady's Interlock. But none of the mechanically locked cores were built for accuracy and did not have high BC.</p><p></p><p>The the tipped bullet craze started with Nosler's Ballistic Tip, which expanded like crazy, jellified the critter's innards and sometimes did not exit.</p><p></p><p>Then Barnes tried the all copper X-Bullet, which everybody has tried at one time or another. </p><p></p><p>Federal's Fusion is a unique approach. Like other hunting bullets, the jacket is pre-cut to induce expansion. But unlike others, the "jacket" is electro-chemically added to the bullet one molecule at a time, so that the bullet ends up being very well balanced and completely concentric with a fairly good BC. I have used these for decades on deer. They pretty much execute deer without much if any travel after the shot. And they always leave a blood trail from the exit hole. I can't testify how well they perform on Elk or Bear, but on deer they are a near instant death sentence.</p><p></p><p>Now the ELD is all the rage for its good BC, but it does have the problem 86Alaskan just pointed out of not always giving you an exit hole to trail blood.</p><p></p><p>Unless the rules of Physics change, it will always be a balancing act between expansion and penetration, the Ying and Yang of Velocity versus Mass and Paradisical Pursuit of perfectly repeatable POI at various distances. </p><p></p><p>I realize none of this really helps you except maybe it helps a bit to accept that this is not easy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon Bischof, post: 1718814, member: 879"] We can all see the problem from the experiences posted in this thread so far. We all want "the perfect bullet"--High BC, super accurate, deep penetration with a good exit hole, great expansion and tissue disruption without fragmentation or losing too much mass. That's the perfect bullet. It doesn't really exist, but these qualities every maker claims for their bullet and every hunter wants these attributes. But the Laws of Physics demand a trade-off between expansion and penetration. And many because of the downside of this trade-off, do opt to use cannons that are more than enough cartridge for the game and so often more than enough added weight and recoil for the hunter. Bullet makers have come at this problem from a number of different angles and approaches. The Partition was Nosler's early attempt to keep an expanding bullet from flying apart inside the critter so that the hunter would always get an exit hole. Not really designed for long range accuracy, but it did expand and usually did exit. Other mechanical locking methods where employed like Hornady's Interlock. But none of the mechanically locked cores were built for accuracy and did not have high BC. The the tipped bullet craze started with Nosler's Ballistic Tip, which expanded like crazy, jellified the critter's innards and sometimes did not exit. Then Barnes tried the all copper X-Bullet, which everybody has tried at one time or another. Federal's Fusion is a unique approach. Like other hunting bullets, the jacket is pre-cut to induce expansion. But unlike others, the "jacket" is electro-chemically added to the bullet one molecule at a time, so that the bullet ends up being very well balanced and completely concentric with a fairly good BC. I have used these for decades on deer. They pretty much execute deer without much if any travel after the shot. And they always leave a blood trail from the exit hole. I can't testify how well they perform on Elk or Bear, but on deer they are a near instant death sentence. Now the ELD is all the rage for its good BC, but it does have the problem 86Alaskan just pointed out of not always giving you an exit hole to trail blood. Unless the rules of Physics change, it will always be a balancing act between expansion and penetration, the Ying and Yang of Velocity versus Mass and Paradisical Pursuit of perfectly repeatable POI at various distances. I realize none of this really helps you except maybe it helps a bit to accept that this is not easy. [/QUOTE]
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