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But in the field, if you know the trajectory of your projectile, what's the difference?
TIME - no time wasted on thinking about trajectory. For us here in Northern Idaho, anyway for me,it is often point and shoot between trees, across draws, up angles, down angles, moving animals, even animals running.... Time Time Time is a huge factor between a big bull and no animal at all.
I also know that my conical make the minimum of a .5045 hole as it enters and who knows when it leaves through the vital organs, even if it does not expand. The Nosler on the other hand makes a .452 hole on entering and who knows what when it expands. Also the big lead conicals I have shot deer with must have retained their weight as I never recovered one yet out of a deer.All pass through. Both are going to put a big fat hole through the vital organs if I do my job.
I realize this is the conventional theory with most ML shooters - but it really is a bunch of bull... Shoot a bigger bullet... Heck, with that theory we should just use a bigger arrow forget the design of the broadhead. What really matters is what does the bullet do on the way through the animal and what does it do on impact. Sometime get out a set of calipers and look at the difference of 500's of an inch, then divide that that by two for the circumference what really is the difference. If your conical was that good of a performer we would still be using it. Professional hunters (if you want to call them that) would have never made the switch from conicals to copper clad bullets. The military would still be shooting conicals. A modern day bullet will out perform any conical on most occasions over a
wider range of varibles for the majority of the shooters out thereand that really is the key. Somewhere in there somebody might even throw in the thought about humane kills which is a big consideration these days.
As for this idea of shooting at moving game, I would never shoot at a animal flat out. And if the animal was walking.. I really do not see the difference in my POIas a problem.I just think it is a matter of learning your projectile and what it does.
To me that is a confidence level each shooter has to evaluate on his own. I honestly do not know where I fit into that because i will shoot a moving animal even a running animal if I feel it is within
my skill level and I believe I can complete the shot effectivley. My two hunting partners, are also very accomplished shooters, although they do it with centerfires, and they will also take those shots. We very seldom get and an elk to pose for us let alone pose on an angle to our liking. 8 out of ten shots will be at sort of a moving animal.
Speaking ofa moving animal - you should see a mule deer when he/she is moving you really had better be good. And believe it - there are some really good shooters in southern Idaho just because of them crazy animals.
Sorry to go off here but!!! you are wrong and i might take a beating here but that really is my belief.