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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Nov 14, 2014 22:32:46 GMT -5
The folks that want lead bullets banned are now saying that raptors are dying as a result of eating lead contaminated gutpiles. While I'm sure this does happen on occasion, many are also killed by wind farms, and I haven't heard any outcry for windmill bans. I think the real goal is just to make hunting / shooting that much more expensive (difficult) to get into.
It is interesting though to hear about the penetrating qualities of the copper bullets. Maybe if they start to catch on, some more low-cost options will come along as well.
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Post by sakorifle on Dec 2, 2014 8:47:27 GMT -5
Greetings
My friend who is trying the copper ammo for our firm has now harvested 72 animals with it and has phoned me with his thoughts.
He say I would be impressed, it drops the deer no bother, if it zips through the deer usually go no more than thirty yards, he says it is not a problem.
As he rarely takes a neck shot he could not tell me what would happen, a lot of my deer at close range in long grass I neck shoot them, without being too graphic once the ammo I am using hits the neck it is instant lights out and not a lot left for the knife to do to prep it for the larder.
This is what concerns me a little will it expand on neck muscle?
But his observations are that if we are forced to change to copper this 165grain bullet is the one to go for.
Regards
Billy
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Post by esshup on Dec 6, 2014 10:40:55 GMT -5
Billy:
From my experience, the barnes bullets don't expand very well if they hit something that is not "wet". I've shot them into damp sand and had 0 expansion, they literally make a gallon of water explode. I've had good expansion whenever I've shot an animal. I've hit our whitetail deer in the neck and the exit was the size of your fist.
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