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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1483161" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>If you want the hides or to mount them you need a bullet with minimal expansion.</p><p></p><p>In the 70's and 80's when were were seriously hunting for hides we generally shot FMJ's for minimum hide damage. If the hole was much over 30 caliber they started deducting pretty fast. If you got to golfball size they'd cut it by half or reject the hide completely if it couldn't easily be sewn.</p><p></p><p>The other thing we used was a .17 Remington loaded with the original Barnes Ex. We were loading them as fast as we could run them and maintain accuracy and anything else had a tenancy to vaporize within a hundred yards.</p><p></p><p>In that era when money was awfully hard to come by as much as 150-200.00 for a top grade coyote or 350-500 for a top end bobcat hide vs a reject or half, that made a huge, huge difference.</p><p></p><p>Your other best option is highly frangible bullets that break up completely and will not exit at all. Something along the lines of the cheap NBT or Hornady Amax or their cheap zombie killing ammo are all good examples. Target/Match Jhp's are a good option as well particularly in something like a .220 swift of .204 Varmint bombs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1483161, member: 30902"] If you want the hides or to mount them you need a bullet with minimal expansion. In the 70's and 80's when were were seriously hunting for hides we generally shot FMJ's for minimum hide damage. If the hole was much over 30 caliber they started deducting pretty fast. If you got to golfball size they'd cut it by half or reject the hide completely if it couldn't easily be sewn. The other thing we used was a .17 Remington loaded with the original Barnes Ex. We were loading them as fast as we could run them and maintain accuracy and anything else had a tenancy to vaporize within a hundred yards. In that era when money was awfully hard to come by as much as 150-200.00 for a top grade coyote or 350-500 for a top end bobcat hide vs a reject or half, that made a huge, huge difference. Your other best option is highly frangible bullets that break up completely and will not exit at all. Something along the lines of the cheap NBT or Hornady Amax or their cheap zombie killing ammo are all good examples. Target/Match Jhp's are a good option as well particularly in something like a .220 swift of .204 Varmint bombs. [/QUOTE]
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