ORIGINAL: hntrruss
I read on this forum of the speer gold 300 , but i am having difficulty finding it for the 50 cal. [omega] Even speer website did not list it. I am interested cuz we have been shooting 240 gr. tc's that do not open up and seem to lack knockdown power. Horror stories could bore you. input please
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=719430
is the ones I buy. Crushed rib sabot over 100g of 777 loose and you got a winner. Other good "magic bullets": Nosler Partition HG 300g, Barnes MZ 300g, Barnes 45/70 300g FlatNose barnes part number 45843, Barnes Origonal 300g. All these bullets have great terminal performance and with a high shoulder hit woudl be a "magic bullet", with the following characteristics:
1) accuracy
2) shoot thru with large exit hole
3) expansion and excellent terminal performance
4) no fragmentation with nearly 100% weight retention, keeping the bullet intact and drving deeply
As for mushroom, these bullets will expand on meat, not bone, they will NOT fragment and will expand to over 2x their size. They will have long shanks, not pancaked mushrooms, which expend too much energy expanding instead of driving deep. It takes 12" of penetration to kill the average man, so it will be same for a deer. The magic bullet is one that is accurate, no fragmentation, 2x expansion, shoot thru and nearly 100% weight retention.
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