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Old 01-10-2017 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by super_hunt54
Go through that a lot as well Rock. The large diameter of slugs that we have to use here have a HUGE meplat typically so that is a ton of initial resistance right from the get go. I remember some of the old "punkinballs" from days past that had a harder alloy, almost like a hard cast. Those puppies would truck through a deer and barely even slow down!! Those were some shoulder busting slugs.
Ive still got a bunch of those but I'd be happy if they just took a little expansion out of the Remington accutips I'm shooting now. I'm not really unhappy with them now but I'd be happier if they would expand a little less and error on the side of wasting a little energy rather than erroring on the side of running out of energy. Its not just the material, the pocket is too deep



Its kind of like broadheads....the obsession with maximum damage is starting to rob peter to pay paul.

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