ORIGINAL: Pglasgow
Hey, I know you're intentions are good, buuuttt, you probably won't teach anyone that 100 grains 777 is too much for a 245, andI won't teach anyone that 44 cap and revolver isn't a deer rifle, and noone is gonna teach me that a 444 PB is a risky projectile for elk. This thread isn't going anywhere and everyone is just gonna continue shooting 245's with 2 or 3 pellets, folks will still kill deer with cap and ball revolvers, and I just might kill an elk with a 444 PB.
Pglasgow
Ya know your right, for someone to be taught, they have to be willing to listen and learn or have to be seeking an answer to a problem they have. The origonal thread was on "PB Disintegrates" (going from 299g to 164g on a quartering frontal hit), and why that happened and I thinkseveral of usanswered thatfrom most every angle.
Most will want to continue in their "easy loading PB way"; not me, I learned aboutthat bullet 3 years ago in the school of hard knocks (a non recoved wounded deer) and never want togo back to repeat that grade again. Iam just hoping my testimony will help enlighten some newfolks who just bought MLs or who are choosing bullets and loads for their new Christmas gift. I am not hoping to convert people who have their favorite load and bullet, howeverif they are not happy with terminal performance dolittle experiment like this:
http://www.the-gleasons.com/bullets_penetration_tests_for_mu.htm
and see which loads and bullets are most accurate and penetratesand, clay or soil and hold together well.A bullet that won't hold together well in sand or soil is not good enough for hunting.
Chap Gleason Va