ORIGINAL: TNHagies
sabotloader, Grouse I think we all agree you need to push them hard out of a 1/28 or you can slow them down in a 1/24, my thoughts are how does the bullet perform on actualgame. I think we've figured out how to make them shoot accuratly. I'm wondering what the limits of brass are. We all know you can't push lead too hard and there's ranges that XTPs and others perform best at. I am humble enough to admit I have no idea what the limits areof brass, that's why I'm asking. I'm just wondering if those who choose not to shoot 2300+ will be able to see the same (or similar) results. At this point it appears they make an excellent wound channel and keep driving. But if you knock 600fps off of them, how do you think will they perform?
I got this information from Lehigh to answer your question. See below
The optimum velocity for the bullets terminal performance is anything exceeding 1300fps. Below this velocity, the bullet performs more like a conventional, jacketed mushrooming bullet with the petals only opening to about a 45 degree angle. Many jacketed bullet designs do not have any expansion at all at this velocity. The other advantage of the Lehigh bullet at a low velocity is the large metplat (flat nose) and open hollowpoint cavity which does impart a tremendous amount of energy to the animal.
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In short, speed kills and we should attempt to hunt at a velocity that is the maximum level we can shoot accurately. We all know that recoil is a rather insignificant event in the field so we need to condition ourselves to this event while bench shooting. For recoil sensitive shooters on deer-size game, the new, 185gr bullet at a high velocity would be a better choice than the 275gr at a low velocity at the point where both loads produced the same recoil.
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