River Rat
MMP was the source back when I was requesting to get some easy glides from MMP - they could not sale me any because they were under contract to TC... and then when I wanted to purchase some 200 grain SST's from Hornady - I couldn't they were under contract to Thompson Center. Still do not think Hornady offers a 200 SST - gotta go look that was a long time ago... They do offer a 200SST but in a 45 cal sabot - still no 200 in a 50 cal sabot.
Go look at the site now that they are offering their low drag sabots in 50 cal... count the petals - remind of another sabot made by MMP.... better yet maybe this pic will come through...
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however bullet review for "killing power" or Terminal Performance as it is called technically or 'Boom Flop' assome say it on this forum is what we are all looking for, a bullet that is accuract as all get out and goes boom flop.
Well we can all talk about boom/flop - but the biggest reason for the NON boom/flop, other than bullet placement, is the animals flight response. If the flight response has been alerted the animal will bolt even though it is dead. If it is truly an ambush and the animal knows of nothing until the hit and the truma often you get boom/flop. But even then the shock must be devastating or massive breakage of motor bones. This is another reason I do say time-in-flight of the projectile is important.
All of you thoughts ARE important and the fact is they are all tied together failure in one can cause a potential problem.
My thought is/has been for years and years Boom/flop occurs when the animal can not react to BOOM and is not reacting to your presence. If he/she has time to start the response or the injury is not great enough and allows a limited flight response you might not see the flop... just my thoughts after all these years....