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Old 01-07-2015 | 05:02 AM
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lemoyne
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Originally Posted by cayugad
Very nice expansion I agree. And I also understand your concerns about a pass through. That seems to be the one major "bad bullet" complaint of those that get talked about. Although if the deer made one or two large bounds and dropped.. I would not fault the bullet.

How is the accuracy of the bullet on the range?
I have noticed this complaint and the no expansion complaint over the years and have come to believe that the reason I never seem to have that problem has got to do with the fact that I like to shoot 120 grains or more and trade off any guns that won't handle it accurately. I often have used .54 caliber gun with a 35 inch barrel and a 130 grains of RS and it consistently has shot in one side and out the other.
Now if a 230 grain PRB will do it so should any elongated bullet that is pushed fast enough and does not over expand[ come apart ].
I also have an Endeavor encore that I use quite a bit just because I like it, with Lehigh 50/40 bullet and 140 grains of Blackhorn always gets complete penetration and usually drops the deer on the spot. When I was testing the 50/40 Lehigh I took a 9 point with a nice rack and a large body at a very long angle cutting a notch in the left ham going in and ended up puckering the skin out in the right front shoulder 24 inches from where it went in. At that time I was using 120 grains and decided to see how much powder it would take and keep an inch group to increase the penetration. I do not advise any one that does not have a high test barrel and a steel receiver to use this load. But I do not recover any bullets any more and mostly I do not need to track them much either.
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