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<blockquote data-quote="HARPERC" data-source="post: 1940491" data-attributes="member: 30671"><p>None of the above. Respectfully, this can be a difficult medium to communicate in, better than half of of human communication being tone, body language etc. I'll give it a shot.</p><p></p><p>1) That's a perfectly useable bullet. </p><p>2) What's the wound channel it produces look like? Can it be improved? Is it consistent? </p><p></p><p>In that rifle cartridge combo-lets make it 100% retained weight, with no change in form. Would that good wide meplat produce a larger wound channel? Longer is a pretty solid bet. Wider, gets a little tougher, but I'm coming to believe a good wide meplat due to maintaining it's velocity through the target, does indeed leave a bigger permanent wound channel than the classic mushroom.</p><p></p><p>3) Is it necessary? Up to the individual.</p><p></p><p>We used a .375 Winchester a bit, those 250 flat nose bullets at modest velocities do in fact kill game. Same with hard cast, or jacketed Keith style projectiles.</p><p></p><p>I'm coming to believe the nose of the bullet serves only the purpose of helping us in the exterior ballistics portion of the game. Shed the nose as early as possible, and let the rest of the bullet work. </p><p></p><p>How much do we shed? Maintaining 75% is likely pretty good, as long as the desired shape is maintained. I'll go 50% for what we're talking about, provided I'm able to increase the base bullet weight, and retain a similar shank, from a cartridge keeping impact velocity up.</p><p></p><p>Any disrespect is my lack of skills in this type of forum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HARPERC, post: 1940491, member: 30671"] None of the above. Respectfully, this can be a difficult medium to communicate in, better than half of of human communication being tone, body language etc. I'll give it a shot. 1) That's a perfectly useable bullet. 2) What's the wound channel it produces look like? Can it be improved? Is it consistent? In that rifle cartridge combo-lets make it 100% retained weight, with no change in form. Would that good wide meplat produce a larger wound channel? Longer is a pretty solid bet. Wider, gets a little tougher, but I'm coming to believe a good wide meplat due to maintaining it's velocity through the target, does indeed leave a bigger permanent wound channel than the classic mushroom. 3) Is it necessary? Up to the individual. We used a .375 Winchester a bit, those 250 flat nose bullets at modest velocities do in fact kill game. Same with hard cast, or jacketed Keith style projectiles. I'm coming to believe the nose of the bullet serves only the purpose of helping us in the exterior ballistics portion of the game. Shed the nose as early as possible, and let the rest of the bullet work. How much do we shed? Maintaining 75% is likely pretty good, as long as the desired shape is maintained. I'll go 50% for what we're talking about, provided I'm able to increase the base bullet weight, and retain a similar shank, from a cartridge keeping impact velocity up. Any disrespect is my lack of skills in this type of forum. [/QUOTE]
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