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Old 11-24-2013, 07:51 AM
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cayugad
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I have yet to take game with a Shockwave but their accuracy on the range has impressed me so much, them and the SST are a real favorite. Lee got me interested in the .40 caliber 200 grain Shockwaves with some reports of hunting success. I have read about the horror stories of pencil hole in and out wounds. And I always wonder.. what was the bullet placement and what did it hit in its travel? And so I started shooting them. I believe with the amazing accuracy of them, they just have to be a real white tail killer. I did expansion tests with the 200 grain and found not only do they penetrate and expand, but they don't seem to fragment like the larger shockwaves. So in my Optima, had I got the opportunity to hunt this year, (which due to doctors advise is a no) I fully intended to put the 200 grain to the test. Even at close ranges as I encounter. It was going to be them or the 300 grain XTP.
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