top 5 bullets for the avg. hunter
11-28-2011 | 08:06 PM
#31
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Staunton,Va
edit my first post, did not catch that I put round balls. lol, I was reading something on another site while I was working on the opening post. go figure.
my personal top 5
1: lee real 50cal 250gr
2:lee improved minnie over sized 45cal
3
atched round ball 490/530 home cast
4: xtps
5: powerbelts
may chance next year lol
my personal top 5
1: lee real 50cal 250gr
2:lee improved minnie over sized 45cal
3
atched round ball 490/530 home cast4: xtps
5: powerbelts
may chance next year lol
11-29-2011 | 05:30 AM
#32
Fork Horn
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Well, the shop owner isn't stupid. He wouldn't stock PB's if they didn't sell. It's what the hunters want here. There isn't a lot of options for Colorado. You can't stock Thors. He tried FPB's, but nobody bought them. Except me, and when I bought them all he never restocked. He sells a lot of RB's.
He won't stock any sabots. Nobody will buy them. Unlike me. Nobody uses a ML in rifle season where a sabot could be used.
Anyway, my point was, here's a bunch of hunters using PB's and doing fine with them.
I mentioned in a thread on Jon's forum about a thread I was in on a CF forum. We were talking about the Nosler Partition. As far as i'm concerned it's one of the best bullets ever made. Wouldn't you know it. Some guy posts the bullet is junk, and he couldn't kill anything with one. That's forums for you.
He won't stock any sabots. Nobody will buy them. Unlike me. Nobody uses a ML in rifle season where a sabot could be used.
Anyway, my point was, here's a bunch of hunters using PB's and doing fine with them.
I mentioned in a thread on Jon's forum about a thread I was in on a CF forum. We were talking about the Nosler Partition. As far as i'm concerned it's one of the best bullets ever made. Wouldn't you know it. Some guy posts the bullet is junk, and he couldn't kill anything with one. That's forums for you.
The majority of the country, you can use bullets with a sabot so it's a totally different situation.
11-29-2011 | 09:27 AM
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From: Boncarbo,Colorado
Muley i can stock your local shop with the 250 and 320gr REALs if that will help LOL. Thats what i do over in new mexico for a local shop. Real limited in new day muzzleloading so i try to help him out now and then. Finally got him stocking Blackhorn209.
12-31-2011 | 04:49 AM
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Spike
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From: Greenville OH USA
They kill game, but whether or not you ever find that game with no blood trail is the chance you take.
12-31-2011 | 03:10 PM
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Typical Buck
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From: Upstate New York-Broome County
We have had several performance issues with the shock waves over the past couple of years - We shoot alot of deer here in West Michigan - Were trying to get the buck doe ratio in line - My son & I have taken 4 this year alone. I cant say weather its a quality control issue or what. We have taken several deer with the SW some with no issues & quite good performance but more & more the bullets are going thru without any sign of expantion at all with the deer traveling several hundred yards before expiring. Anyone else seeing these trends in your camp?
Charlie