Thread: What bullets do you recommend.

Originally Posted by stagstalker

One thing I do find kind of frustrating is when a projectile is rated negatively or written off because it “damages” or “wastes” meat. To me this is just the wrong attitude. Look at a projectile based on how well it kills. If you wanna save meat then shoot it in the neck or the head and let your projectile decision be based on the most efficient killer for the application you are using it in.

I disagree with some of this. Firstly not all animals are the same size or shot in the same place. Secondly there is commonly an incorrect understanding of how bullets kill. Bullets dont have a lot of energy on impact ( less than a cricket ball ) to 'dump' in the animal. Big animals are lost with soft bullets when the bullet disintegrates and the energy is dissipated into the tissue without penetrating, and smaller animals have a big area destroyed. Projectiles are the lowest cost item on a hunting trip so is there a good reason to use cheap ones ?
A bullet like an Accubond or Partition that opens immediately but holds the same diameter and fully penetrates is better. The animal will often run a few metres but is always found with a 40 - 50 mm hole cut right through. They never run off with a smashed shoulder and escape.