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<blockquote data-quote="coop2564" data-source="post: 3060499" data-attributes="member: 87214"><p>Lots of good points on many posts. One thing I have seen is a lot of inconsistent bullet expansion in videos. For instance, Tipped game changers, ELDX & ELDM, and especially bergers. Watched one video every 143 ELDX 6.5cm he shot into only gel blew up into many tiny peaces and it was factory ammo (maybe just a bad soft batch, but it happened). Yet I have seen many other videos where they mushroom nicely and lose about 50% weight. Bergers are very inconsistent, some mushroom, some break into many large chunks and some tumble and look like a banana (but they kill in all 3 cases) key for bergers is they penetrate 3-5 inches before they do what they are going to do, many bullets start expanding almost immediately and cannot penetrate well if they strike the shoulder muscles and bone. The bullets that behave the most consistent are in fact mono's, and bonded bullets. If mono's have a hollow tip they can plug and pencil threw but have yet to see a tipped one do that. But Mono's are very velocity dependent. So, for me bonded are just the most reliable for hunting. Never seen one in any median not open or blowup if shot at normal velocities. I think unbonded cup and core and match bullets can make some spectacular kills, but also make some horrible failures. Just my 2 cents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coop2564, post: 3060499, member: 87214"] Lots of good points on many posts. One thing I have seen is a lot of inconsistent bullet expansion in videos. For instance, Tipped game changers, ELDX & ELDM, and especially bergers. Watched one video every 143 ELDX 6.5cm he shot into only gel blew up into many tiny peaces and it was factory ammo (maybe just a bad soft batch, but it happened). Yet I have seen many other videos where they mushroom nicely and lose about 50% weight. Bergers are very inconsistent, some mushroom, some break into many large chunks and some tumble and look like a banana (but they kill in all 3 cases) key for bergers is they penetrate 3-5 inches before they do what they are going to do, many bullets start expanding almost immediately and cannot penetrate well if they strike the shoulder muscles and bone. The bullets that behave the most consistent are in fact mono's, and bonded bullets. If mono's have a hollow tip they can plug and pencil threw but have yet to see a tipped one do that. But Mono's are very velocity dependent. So, for me bonded are just the most reliable for hunting. Never seen one in any median not open or blowup if shot at normal velocities. I think unbonded cup and core and match bullets can make some spectacular kills, but also make some horrible failures. Just my 2 cents. [/QUOTE]
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