beagleye
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I have been worried about switching to copper bullets. I shot just my second deer with them yesterday. It performed better than I hoped.
I used 51 grains of Varget under a 150 grain federal HP copper bullet in a 30-06. The book says 2500FPS, so a pretty mild load. Which checks out with mild recoil. The shot was 100 yards, so slowed down yet more. The shot was front quartering. So this seems like a scenario for bad expansion, no blood trail, I'll admit I was worried.
But the buck ran 100 yards. The front organs were like stew. The bullet stopped under the hide on the rear hip. The near shoulder had a hole bigger than a golf ball. That's reassuring.
I used 51 grains of Varget under a 150 grain federal HP copper bullet in a 30-06. The book says 2500FPS, so a pretty mild load. Which checks out with mild recoil. The shot was 100 yards, so slowed down yet more. The shot was front quartering. So this seems like a scenario for bad expansion, no blood trail, I'll admit I was worried.
But the buck ran 100 yards. The front organs were like stew. The bullet stopped under the hide on the rear hip. The near shoulder had a hole bigger than a golf ball. That's reassuring.
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