Thread: Monolithic Projectiles

ok this one is a big bundle of worms.
my take on it???? having used them in .223 and .270
they work well and in little rifle like .223 give quite a boost in preformance---penertration wise.
in bigger calibres you can drop projectile weight/keep velocity up get loads of penertration BUT they wont do anything a good old cup n core lead n copper pill wont do just as well and if range is getting out there/velocity lower the lead will win hands down.
as for lead spoiling meat...ho hum change the record,how often will you carry out ENTIRE animal??? if you worried about loosing meat change your point of impact.neck shoot if conditions allow or just shoot the animal through both shoulders and accept you will loose some meat.even using .270 I dont loose that much...heck if Im a long way from car Ive been known to happily put another through shoulders just to make sure animal goes down,to heck with meat loss...80% of good meat is from 3rd rib forwards.