Hammer bullets WTH

[Korhil78]

No one wants to discuss the elephant in the room? That he would be locking up his bolt with that bullet in a 7 PRC at 3220 fps?????

 

[tomcat818]

Counter sinking the turquoise tip with the hollow point would aid the tip in penetration but reduce angular force leading to less expansion in my opinion.

 

[ButterBean]

No one wants to discuss the elephant in the room? That he would be locking up his bolt with that bullet in a 7 PRC at 3220 fps?????

I feel sure it's not locking the bolt up if he's shooting critters 2and 3 times in the field

 

[ButterBean]

Not all expectations are the same from person to person, one can see a failure while another is seeing exactly what they want. Many bullets out there, find what does what you want and rock on!

Does not sound like there was a failure to function but a failure to meet expectation which is very subjective!

I agree, so what your expectations of any particular bullet?

 

[Rosebud]

No one wants to discuss the elephant in the room? That he would be locking up his bolt with that bullet in a 7 PRC at 3220 fps?????

I'd be interested in the load data to achieve that speed, (Safely)

 

[ickes123]

I think when people blame the bullet it is actually shot placement more often than n

1) There is often more to learn from failures than success.
2) Success is not simply defined as a dead critter.
3) With respect to evaluating bullet design, it is not just did the animal die but did the bullet perform the way it was designed and if not you have to look at the specifics and the details of each incident -type of failure, impact velocity, shot angle etc.
4) If we have enough incidents with details and specifics we will likely see patterns of failures for a particular bullet or even category of design.
5) The analysis of those patterns will lead to a better body of knowledge for bullet design.
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well said

 

[FireFlyFishing]

No one wants to discuss the elephant in the room? That he would be locking up his bolt with that bullet in a 7 PRC at 3220 fps?????

I do. Sounds a bit fishy. Must be one of those fancy steel case cartridges I've been hearing about…