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<blockquote data-quote="Capt RB" data-source="post: 1524165" data-attributes="member: 85987"><p>It will depend on the numbers. Drive it with a 30-30 will be different than driving it with a 300 Weatherby. In high speed footage you can see the lead tip melting. This will create a larger cross sectional nose slowing the bullet faster than the original profile. Some programs can show this. Some bullets will have very poor bc numbers to reflect this. Shooting them on a range for drops will also show this.</p><p> Point being figure out what the game your pursuing requires for energy to cleanly kill. Then match that with the size of the vital zone. Now you have an energy level and an accuracy level you must meet to ethically attempt to take that animal. Will the bullet you choose do this? What bullets are suited? are they better bullets ballistically? Are there better bullets terminally?</p><p> Soft points kill game well when used within the envelope in which they are designed to be used. Most are designed for use in a maximum point blank range for a given sized animal. They will kill game much further when properly place with the right amount of energy for the intended species.</p><p>Range time shooting targets with a soft point will tell you how far you can hunt with it. Take a 10" round peice of steel and where you can't hit 100% of the time is where the accuracy limit is. Then run it through a ballistics solver to determine what the energy is at that range? Is that adequate for the species?</p><p> 100% of the time is in any weather wind no wind rain snow etc. I can hit that with my 308 at 800 at about 85%. For that rifle I can hit it 100 percent at 650 when set up prone. If I'm not prone but off a tripod I still can make that shot 100%. Standing off hand nope 65% maybe 75% in a no wind situation slung.</p><p>This is with match bullets and proven load work with verified drops to 1100 yds. The bullet of choice here is the 168 vld hunting from berger. I just finished my load map yesterday with a 150 match bullet that is more accurate but being a solid it has no purpose in the hunting field.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Capt RB, post: 1524165, member: 85987"] It will depend on the numbers. Drive it with a 30-30 will be different than driving it with a 300 Weatherby. In high speed footage you can see the lead tip melting. This will create a larger cross sectional nose slowing the bullet faster than the original profile. Some programs can show this. Some bullets will have very poor bc numbers to reflect this. Shooting them on a range for drops will also show this. Point being figure out what the game your pursuing requires for energy to cleanly kill. Then match that with the size of the vital zone. Now you have an energy level and an accuracy level you must meet to ethically attempt to take that animal. Will the bullet you choose do this? What bullets are suited? are they better bullets ballistically? Are there better bullets terminally? Soft points kill game well when used within the envelope in which they are designed to be used. Most are designed for use in a maximum point blank range for a given sized animal. They will kill game much further when properly place with the right amount of energy for the intended species. Range time shooting targets with a soft point will tell you how far you can hunt with it. Take a 10" round peice of steel and where you can't hit 100% of the time is where the accuracy limit is. Then run it through a ballistics solver to determine what the energy is at that range? Is that adequate for the species? 100% of the time is in any weather wind no wind rain snow etc. I can hit that with my 308 at 800 at about 85%. For that rifle I can hit it 100 percent at 650 when set up prone. If I'm not prone but off a tripod I still can make that shot 100%. Standing off hand nope 65% maybe 75% in a no wind situation slung. This is with match bullets and proven load work with verified drops to 1100 yds. The bullet of choice here is the 168 vld hunting from berger. I just finished my load map yesterday with a 150 match bullet that is more accurate but being a solid it has no purpose in the hunting field. [/QUOTE]
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