He had Nosler, and used them after they came along.Without the premium bullet choices of today.
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He had Nosler, and used them after they came along.Without the premium bullet choices of today.
Partitians were a big step up from what they had in the day. But the locals out there use the same thing they use for deer hunting primarily. I hunted with the "locals" after my first trip luckily as I had a friend that moved out there. They got a big kick out of poking fun at all the "tourists". At that time I deer hunted with a .300 Win mag and did so for years. But the majority of what I saw them use was .243 and .270. But on the other hand they also usually head shot everything because they were meat hunters. They did deer the same way. Blood shot meat was a waste to them and they frowned on it.Never did get into his writings, but I suspected he used partitions some. But how many did he kill with plain old cup and core type soft points?
Also, while I still consider a partition a premium bullet, at the typical 60-70% weight retention, it kind of falls short of todays copper and bonded bullets.
Isn't the VLD a bullet made for long range shooting?
Thanks for sharing that video
I wonder if that shot could be made the same with a standard cup and core soft point with a .243 Win?
Without the premium bullet choices of today.
Very low drag. Probably a berger or lapua hunting 105 VLD. Out of an 8 twist barrel, it is a very accurate killing pill. I've practiced out to 850 with them, 500-600 is child's play. Don't know it the core-loc is going to hold up as well. 6mm sierra game kings will give the higher dollar vld's a run for their money. I love my 243's, but honestly I'd not elk hunt with them unless I was starving. The 280 would be the rifle I grab.
The 300 is my regular deer gun. Tikka T3 Lite Stainless. Very light and accurate as heck. Very comfortable with it... knock on wood..... It has killed everything it has ever been fired at...
Actually the reason I bought the thing was because it was so light and I backpack hunt some deep parts of Western NC mtns.
Not really talking gun and calibers though.
The specific query. If I know that the Bonded PowerMax loads shoot lights out in my rifle, is there any reason to toy with Accubonds in the same weight for any *gain* in terminal performance that an accubond might give me??
I actually dug into the Powermax Ballistics some more, and the 150gr load I already shoot for deer actually carries more energy than the 180gr up until 450 yards, at which point the 180 takes over. And the 150's are still carrying minimum expansion velocity out to 900 yards, and still carrying over 1,000 ft/lbs at 800 yards.
So now I'm wondering if there's even any point switching... I've got 4 boxes of the same lot of 150gr that really shoot well in my rifle. Would be annoying to bump up to 180s and find the performance not matching the 150s
I think I've answered my own question.