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What bullets for 1000 yards
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<blockquote data-quote="Calvin45" data-source="post: 2912128" data-attributes="member: 109862"><p>For sure. The tipped ones are especially violent even at low velocity which can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how they're used. The otm/bthp types are a little more uncertain. The big worry is that they may not upset or fragment at all and just punch a small hole like an fmj. But I know there's little if any difference between a Berger "hunting" vld and a bthp match bullet in general. Some folks go to extra trouble to clean out the hollow point tips, some artificially make them a little Wider at the meplat, opening the tips up just a smidge to ensure they'll upset on impact, I've read some guys even drill them a bit. All this to ensure they don't pencil through. The rdf and the newer ultra high bc smks are "pointed" bullets where the projectile's nose is ran through an additional pointing die to close off that tiny little match type hollow point even more and make the bullet pointier for higher bc. Im curious if there's a difference between one of these "pointed" bthp match bullets and a conventional bthp match bullet like even in a gel test or something. </p><p></p><p>I presently don't plan to use either for hunting, I think there are better choices, but im just a curious guy haha.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calvin45, post: 2912128, member: 109862"] For sure. The tipped ones are especially violent even at low velocity which can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how they’re used. The otm/bthp types are a little more uncertain. The big worry is that they may not upset or fragment at all and just punch a small hole like an fmj. But I know there’s little if any difference between a Berger “hunting” vld and a bthp match bullet in general. Some folks go to extra trouble to clean out the hollow point tips, some artificially make them a little Wider at the meplat, opening the tips up just a smidge to ensure they’ll upset on impact, I’ve read some guys even drill them a bit. All this to ensure they don’t pencil through. The rdf and the newer ultra high bc smks are “pointed” bullets where the projectile’s nose is ran through an additional pointing die to close off that tiny little match type hollow point even more and make the bullet pointier for higher bc. Im curious if there’s a difference between one of these “pointed” bthp match bullets and a conventional bthp match bullet like even in a gel test or something. I presently don’t plan to use either for hunting, I think there are better choices, but im just a curious guy haha. [/QUOTE]
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