Todd1700

I have to tell you I have not read all the responses in this this thread, but I did read your post.

I can identify with some of your problems very easily.

Most of these same problems plagued me when I first started using a ML to hunt with, actually it even goes back farther than that. Even while elk hunting with a 300 Win Mag - I rean into bullet performance problems... Hornady's were one of the worst - I was just plane shooting them to fast from the Win Mag. The bullet would enter strip itself od the copper and the lead would blow up someplace inside. The animal was dead - it just did not know it right away.

I solved that problem when I switched to Nosler Partition bullets... the problem all just disappeared. I had even tried Barnes and the work very well at the longer ranges but were disappointing in the closer ranges. The Nosler worked over a much wider range of velocities.

After my introduction to ML hunting and my disappointments - I found that Nosler indeed made Partitions that I could use in a ML - Once again problem solved... Unfortunately Nosler decided to drop the 44-45-.458 Partition and I was forced to make another decision.

That is when a friend told me - introduced me to a brand new bullet being built back in PA using a completely different theory of operation versus the conventional mushrooming theory that we in the US are totally sold on. I believe Lehigh Dave got the theory form Germany.

But first... this is my theory of how a bullet should work..

The Hunting bullet should be the most lethal big game hunting bullet available. The bullet design should allow the bullet to penetrate 2” to 3”, through bone or tissue, before it starts to expand the petals. After the bullet starts to expand or shed it petals it should adversely affect all the surrounding internal organs. The combination between the expansion of the bullet and/or release of the petals and the creation of hydrostatic shock produces a massive wound cavity within the vital area (internal organs) that can be 13” to 15” long. I believe that in most case the bullet should pass through the body providing a secondary exit hole for blood and debris. This massive wound cavity results in the animal dropping fast since most go into shock after such a tremendous blow. Those animals that don’t go down immediately will soon succumb to blood pressure loss and/or organ failure producing a quick ethical kill. Using a bullet matching this description will normally result in an animal that goes down fast so you can enjoy the results of your hunt without having to track the wounded animal after the shot.

The Nosler Partition filled this bill, and for the most so do all the different varieties of solid copper Barnes bullets. For me I have found the Lehigh or now the Knight Bloodline bullets fill that bill to a 'T'. It is not like none of the other bullets will not, because a standard Speer Deep Curl will come darn close also. It is a bullet built along the same lines as the Nosler they are bonded copper to the lead and with a large degree of controlled expansion.

But today I use the Bloodline because I have all the confidence in the world and it has a margin of error built into it in that you do not have to be perfect with every shot to get excellent results.

http://www.knightrifles.com/bloodline-bullets/

They work