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Old 10-18-2004, 01:18 PM
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Default RE: Bullet types??

13o grs were always my choice in a 270 and still pick the ballistic Tip/SST as my deer hunting bullet.


As far as bullet construction corelokt are Cup and Core soft pointed bullets just like Powerpoints, etc. Basically your standard bullet - widely used for deer and in larger cal. bigger game as well.

Hornady's interlock name is coined to a ring that is on the bottom third of the bullet(shank). They claim this halts expansion for good mushrooms and weight retention. But this is basically a cup and core sp like the corelokt, etc.

BTW, Expansion is the diameter of the bullet upon impact and related to size of wound channel, amount of trauma or shock(energy released) upon impact. Weight rentetion is what drives the bullet through mass - aka pentetration. On deer many want expansion and while retention is important the thin skinned whitetail it isn't as big of a factor as a moose or elk.

Ballistic Tip/SST/Accutip are all the same. Boattail designed(tapered shank to decrease drag and increase BC- Ballistic Coef-flight) with a polymer tip. The polymer tip is like a wedge forced into the jacket causing fast/rapid expansion, some call it explosive expansion! This means lots of energy release, big wound channels and trauma. It also means softer and less weight retention than standard or other type bullets. Still very good combo for the likes of deer or varmits.

Bonded is a process where the copper jacket is bonded to the lead core. This is for both good expansion and weight retention. Something that IMO isn't really necessary for the likes of deer, but very important for larger/tougher animals such as moose.

All in they will all work for deer and put it home. Most bullet manufacturer's describe the designs of bullet and benefits (hornady, nosler, Speers..etc) if you care for more info.
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