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Old 01-07-2002 | 06:59 AM
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keyshunter
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Default RE: rem bronze tip bullets?

Quilly,
Please stop shouting. Especially when you are wrong. The bronze point is indeed an early version of a ballistic tip. It uses a bronze wedge in order to initiate expansion. The ballistic tip uses plastic.
The bronze points have always been notable for their accuracy. The major knock on them is that at close range and high velocities, they tend to expand too rapidly, doing much damage, but achieving poor penetration.
I have heard the same complaint about ballistic tips, although they appear to have heavier jackets than the bronze points.
Bronze points are excellent deer bullets, but tend to be marginal on larger game. The fact that they have been in production for about 50 years says something about their acceptance by hunters.
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