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VLD bullets vs Elk shoulder bone
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<blockquote data-quote="lancetkenyon" data-source="post: 1488407" data-attributes="member: 68875"><p>Not saying mono bullets are not exceptional. I have used them about as much as cup and core jacketed lead bullets with great success.</p><p></p><p>Just saying not all "VLD" type bullets detonate on impact. Shot placement trumps all. And a marginal bullet put into the wrong place spells disaster in some cases, but not all. Just like a mono bullet in the wrong place will too. Or a mono bullets that fails to expand reliably (which happens on occasion as well).</p><p></p><p>In hunting, unforeseen issues do happen. The popularity of Berger bullets being used is probably almost 50% of hunting. So, by sheer volume, you will hear of more failures. These are still the exception, not the rule. So a general statement saying they explode on impact with bone and the "jacket looked like a VLD" is not valid without any firsthand knowledge of the facts.</p><p></p><p>Could it have been a VLD? Sure.</p><p>Could it have been a SMK? Sure.</p><p>Could it have been a NBT? Sure.</p><p>Could it have been a SGK? Sure.</p><p>Could it have been most any other brand/type of cup and core? Sure.</p><p>Could it have been too light of a bullet driven too fast at too close of range? Sure.</p><p>Could it be a fluke? Sure.</p><p>Does it happen every time? Absolutely not.</p><p></p><p>I have found an arrow shaflt through both lungs of an elk with the broadhead stuck in an offside rib that had healed around it from at least the previous year. Elk are tough animals. They can survive the unsurvivable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lancetkenyon, post: 1488407, member: 68875"] Not saying mono bullets are not exceptional. I have used them about as much as cup and core jacketed lead bullets with great success. Just saying not all "VLD" type bullets detonate on impact. Shot placement trumps all. And a marginal bullet put into the wrong place spells disaster in some cases, but not all. Just like a mono bullet in the wrong place will too. Or a mono bullets that fails to expand reliably (which happens on occasion as well). In hunting, unforeseen issues do happen. The popularity of Berger bullets being used is probably almost 50% of hunting. So, by sheer volume, you will hear of more failures. These are still the exception, not the rule. So a general statement saying they explode on impact with bone and the "jacket looked like a VLD" is not valid without any firsthand knowledge of the facts. Could it have been a VLD? Sure. Could it have been a SMK? Sure. Could it have been a NBT? Sure. Could it have been a SGK? Sure. Could it have been most any other brand/type of cup and core? Sure. Could it have been too light of a bullet driven too fast at too close of range? Sure. Could it be a fluke? Sure. Does it happen every time? Absolutely not. I have found an arrow shaflt through both lungs of an elk with the broadhead stuck in an offside rib that had healed around it from at least the previous year. Elk are tough animals. They can survive the unsurvivable. [/QUOTE]
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