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<blockquote data-quote="del2les" data-source="post: 1719847" data-attributes="member: 9299"><p>TX Badger said: <a href="https://www.longrangehunting.com/goto/post?id=1718646#post-1718646" target="_blank">↑</a></p><p>"There are a lot of good bullets being suggested here, but I am not looking for the best alternative or compromise. I was hoping to start a discussion about how the ultimate LR hunting bullet would be constructed. My submission would be a VLD partition."</p><p></p><p>Partition designed bullets are not the best LR designs for stability nor precision, and while the old open base military match 30 cal. 175 FMJBT used a similar base design you are suggesting and shot fairly well for its time, they were eclipsed by the modern JHPBT match designs with solid bases. Because of the above mentioned weaknesses, we haven't really seen these old open base designs used in demanding LR/ELR shooting sports for a long time.</p><p></p><p>Thus, most all modern bullet designers use a variation of the closed base JHP with varied constructions and tips in their attempt to achieve what you are describing and wanting. As someone who has hand swaged numerous bullet designs for the past 40 years and understands the difficulty in achieving the wide range of performance on varied distances, many of the modern LR hunting bullets are extremely close to that perfect bullet. However, we shooters, especially LR comp and ELR shooters/hunters, are always searching for something better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="del2les, post: 1719847, member: 9299"] TX Badger said: [URL='https://www.longrangehunting.com/goto/post?id=1718646#post-1718646']↑[/URL] "There are a lot of good bullets being suggested here, but I am not looking for the best alternative or compromise. I was hoping to start a discussion about how the ultimate LR hunting bullet would be constructed. My submission would be a VLD partition." Partition designed bullets are not the best LR designs for stability nor precision, and while the old open base military match 30 cal. 175 FMJBT used a similar base design you are suggesting and shot fairly well for its time, they were eclipsed by the modern JHPBT match designs with solid bases. Because of the above mentioned weaknesses, we haven't really seen these old open base designs used in demanding LR/ELR shooting sports for a long time. Thus, most all modern bullet designers use a variation of the closed base JHP with varied constructions and tips in their attempt to achieve what you are describing and wanting. As someone who has hand swaged numerous bullet designs for the past 40 years and understands the difficulty in achieving the wide range of performance on varied distances, many of the modern LR hunting bullets are extremely close to that perfect bullet. However, we shooters, especially LR comp and ELR shooters/hunters, are always searching for something better. [/QUOTE]
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