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ORIGINAL: ranger140892

I wish I could remember the name of the video I had back in the mid 80's. The guy shot3rounds eachfrom 223 Rem to 50 BMG @ 50 yards, through one target, through a small stack of twigs 10 yards behind, then through another target 10 yards behind the twigs. Every bullet deflected and or keyholed. I was amazed that a 700 gr bullet deflected from hitting a twig 10 yards behind it.

As for round nose & flat nose bullets not being accurate...horse pooky. I've never shot a target closer than 100 yards with these loads and they're sub moa, some sub .5 moa, just like any other bullet. I routinely shoot out to 400 yardswith these loads and they're just as accurate as spitzters. The only disadvantage is wind resistance past 300 yards.

Round and flat nosed bullets are usually very accurate because they stabilize so easily. People think that weight is the key. It's not, length to diameter ratiois the key. And round / flat nose bullets are shorter than spitzters of the same weight.A long spitzterbullet is harder to stabilize than a round nose bullet of the same weight. Imagine trying to throw a football that's stretched to3 feet long. It would be pretty wobbly. Same effect. Anyway, they're very accurate.

Bottom line: The reason behind using these bullets in your's and my 308 handguns is performance on game. I've had more "pop and drops" on deer and hogswith round / flat nose out of my pistols than with spitzters.

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