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Old 10-03-2009, 06:17 PM
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nchawkeye
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You will see more differences between type bullets used within the SAME cartridge than between two different cartridges...

About 10 years ago I set out to try every .243 factory loading on 6-8 deer to see the difference in factory loadings...What I found is that with one brand a lung shot deer might run 80 yards on average and with another it might be 50 yards...Bullets that get into the body and expand rapidly while staying inside drop deer quicker than one that expands slower and leaves energy in the ground on the off side...

Another example...My younger brother who shoots a .270 made an observation a few years back that we seldom had to track deer very far hit with my .243 but we did have to track his hit with a .270...He knew he had a bigger gun so he felt his deer should hit the ground quicker...He just hasn't killed as many as I have and hasn't figured out the best place to hit them especially when they are at an angle...
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