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<blockquote data-quote="Buzzgun" data-source="post: 1314093" data-attributes="member: 4715"><p>Tell you what, I have shot big game animals including deer, elk, pronghorn antelope, blackbuck antelope, hogs, javelina, zebra, kudu, gemsbok and probably a few others I can't remember. I have used rifles in 22-250, 243, 7-08, 7mm rem SAUM, 30 remington, 308, 30-06 300 win mag, 50 caliber muzzleloader and probably a few others. I have shot them with handguns in 6mm Rem ackley improved, 250 savage, 257 JDJ, 25x308, 30-30, 309 JDJ, 44 mag and, again, probably a couple I can't think of right now. I haven't kept count, but I'd guess (conservatively) that I have killed over 100 big game animals. I have probably seen double that amount that were killed by friends and family and I have NEVER seen a bullet fail to expand. </p><p></p><p>Maybe you can explain how a 180 grain Barnes triple X bullet, one of the toughest premium 30 caliber bullets, will expand in a ballistic gelatin block, but a plain old cup and core bullet made by hornady, remington, sierra etc won't expand in a deer??? </p><p></p><p>The size of the exit wound is not a perfect indicator of bullet expansion. It's not uncommon for a standard cup and core bullet to come apart or shed the copper jacket inside the animal and the lead core, or part of it, will exit resulting in a small exit wound, but that does not mean the bullet didn't expand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buzzgun, post: 1314093, member: 4715"] Tell you what, I have shot big game animals including deer, elk, pronghorn antelope, blackbuck antelope, hogs, javelina, zebra, kudu, gemsbok and probably a few others I can't remember. I have used rifles in 22-250, 243, 7-08, 7mm rem SAUM, 30 remington, 308, 30-06 300 win mag, 50 caliber muzzleloader and probably a few others. I have shot them with handguns in 6mm Rem ackley improved, 250 savage, 257 JDJ, 25x308, 30-30, 309 JDJ, 44 mag and, again, probably a couple I can't think of right now. I haven't kept count, but I'd guess (conservatively) that I have killed over 100 big game animals. I have probably seen double that amount that were killed by friends and family and I have NEVER seen a bullet fail to expand. Maybe you can explain how a 180 grain Barnes triple X bullet, one of the toughest premium 30 caliber bullets, will expand in a ballistic gelatin block, but a plain old cup and core bullet made by hornady, remington, sierra etc won't expand in a deer??? The size of the exit wound is not a perfect indicator of bullet expansion. It's not uncommon for a standard cup and core bullet to come apart or shed the copper jacket inside the animal and the lead core, or part of it, will exit resulting in a small exit wound, but that does not mean the bullet didn't expand. [/QUOTE]
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