Originally Posted by
grizzly 2
What range was your jug at? Have you recovered many of these PT's? I would assume that like most all lead bullets, they'd flatten out pretty good. I hunted with Buffallo SSB 285gr spitzers for a few years. They anchored many deer, but many times, at closer ranges on broadside shots they would turn inside the deer and exit maybe as much as a foot further back than where they entered. I suspect I was driving them too fast.
your experience with the pure lead SSB is common when shooting a pure lead bullet. the PT is a bit harder and electro plated with copper. Ray