mello is obviously not a muzzleload hunter or bowhunter. If he was an did an extensive amount of he would definately see the effects of hydrostatic shock. Exit wounds don't show half the story. My 50 cal muzzleloader makes a nice entrance and exit hole with a big ole heavey 300gr bullet moving around 1400fps, but isn't near as devastating as hitting an animal with a tiny .270Win 130gr traveling at 3000fps. Why, hydrostatic shock. The shear velocity rips thru the lungs, kidneys, liver, everything. And if he was a bowhunter, he would have spend hours tracking deer that was hit perfectly with these nasy broadheads with 1.5" of cutting diameter clipping the heart wondering how in the world this animal made it 500 yards. He would then realize that an arrow kills by hemorrhaging to death instead of the hydrostatic shock a 22-250 could do to a deer.

Quilly ,IMO, and its only opinion, I pick the bullet for the animal. For the calibers I got, I will pick the fastest wieght bullet that I know can penetrate all the way thru so I have an exit hole and may have to account for the occasional shoulder shot. So I won't use a 150gr bullet for deer in my 270Win. But I also won't use a 100gr due to past experience with a shoulder shot that didn't go well. So I have the balance of diameter, speed and penetration to get the job done. Then I factory in a nice mushroom. I am not big on bullistic Tips because they kill on a little different concept than the partitions. And sometimes I don't get that exit that I like in mean terrain where you need a nice blood trail. I have used them, and they work fine. Mello, I am not attacking you, just don't agree. These are just opinions from real life personal experiences, not what I read in Guns and Ammo or from some webpage, that has no credibility from what I read and are just opinions like I am giving. So I hope you don't take offense to my post.

Edited by - bigcountry on 11/20/2002 10:06:02

Edited by - bigcountry on 11/20/2002 10:17:25