Curious if anyone has tried trimming the meplats on the 156 which might open the point just a hair and help with expansion.The 156s don't expand once velocity drops off. They've been penciling through beyond 550 yards or so out of 6.5 prc
Curious if anyone has tried trimming the meplats on the 156 which might open the point just a hair and help with expansion.The 156s don't expand once velocity drops off. They've been penciling through beyond 550 yards or so out of 6.5 prc
I tend to wonder what your experience is with long range bullets in general, like the history design and differences. If you are expert and have the actual thickness measurements please share those and how they correspond to terminal performance. I don't mind debates but in the end target bullets and hunting bullets are pretty much the same thing with very little differences unless you get into core bonding. If you believe a target bullet by berger and hunting bullet by berger are vastly different, lets here it. Yes, there are some differences but we both know the hunting bullet is supposed to be sporting a slightly thinner jacket to help in fragmentation, their intended design, and target is supposed to hold up a bit better to abuse.What is the deal with people always complaining about having to shoot an animal multiple times with bullets clearly not marketed or intended to be used as a hunting bullet? There are specific bullet characteristics that matter when shooting animals ethically. Velocity at range, jacket construction and meplat are all important factors.
When I read this stuff, its reminds me of the guy who goes to the doctor and asks him why it hurts when he hits his knee with a hammer.
To the OP, what was your bullet velocity at 660 yards?
Sorry to rant, don't mean any disrespect to the OP or anyone else in the thread. It seems that just because we have all these great long range, high BC bullets now, we expect all of them to be elk medicine at 600+ yards.