Thread: Picked up new rifle today.

well you dont have to use a round nose to use a basic cup n core..I use a round nose because its 170 GRAINS...... and it will stabilise and group nicely in a 1;10 twist...
my other loads are all pointy ones..... again I cant see the point of a spendy projectile when a cheaper one does such a good job..the dead boring 140grn interloct in particular is just so boring,chucked together a load and it shoots sub inch,boring no need for 200 rounds of testing to find group,how boring, deer out to 350ish yards shot through crease or shoulders just fall over dead in short time after being hit,how boring... they even look boring.
and i HAVE actually shot a big red hind through vegetation with said round nose,but it was only a mikimiki bush and she was close to it,eg less than meter behind it AND FULLY VISIBLE other than the shoulder bit I wanted to,and did poke hole through.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

well you dont have to use a round nose to use a basic cup n core..I use a round nose because its 170 GRAINS...... and it will stabilise and group nicely in a 1;10 twist...
my other loads are all pointy ones..... again I cant see the point of a spendy projectile when a cheaper one does such a good job..the dead boring 140grn interloct in particular is just so boring,chucked together a load and it shoots sub inch,boring no need for 200 rounds of testing to find group,how boring, deer out to 350ish yards shot through crease or shoulders just fall over dead in short time after being hit,how boring... they even look boring.
and i HAVE actually shot a big red hind through vegetation with said round nose,but it was only a mikimiki bush and she was close to it,eg less than meter behind it AND FULLY VISIBLE other than the shoulder bit I wanted to,and did poke hole through.

Yep there are some very good and proven older projectiles out there. Cor lokts were awesome. Interloct still work as well as the day they first came on market. Hot core have been around along time for a reason too. When I get the chance to do more development ill look at ELDX or Accubonds etc for a longer range load, but Im pretty sure the older ones will do for most all the situations I intend them for.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

well you dont have to use a round nose to use a basic cup n core..I use a round nose because its 170 GRAINS...... and it will stabilise and group nicely in a 1;10 twist...
my other loads are all pointy ones..... again I cant see the point of a spendy projectile when a cheaper one does such a good job..the dead boring 140grn interloct in particular is just so boring,chucked together a load and it shoots sub inch,boring no need for 200 rounds of testing to find group,how boring, deer out to 350ish yards shot through crease or shoulders just fall over dead in short time after being hit,how boring... they even look boring.
and i HAVE actually shot a big red hind through vegetation with said round nose,but it was only a mikimiki bush and she was close to it,eg less than meter behind it AND FULLY VISIBLE other than the shoulder bit I wanted to,and did poke hole through.

Did you read the article ? It makes a very strong case for using a good bonded projectile. The 270 is on of those rounds that really tests projectiles because the initial muzzle velocity is higher that ideal for cup and core type bullets. If I pay $140 per projectile instead of $.70 it is only a difference of $.70 per shot extra and I can absolutely be sure that out of say seventy shots at game from a box of one hundred bullets I will have more humane kills with the bonded bullets and recover more meat as well. With meat at near $20 for beef mince, one extra deer per box of projectiles and less meat wasted with bullets that pass through makes the bonded projectiles effectively 'Free'.
I used to love the Winny Powerpoints, and they are good, but damage meat and are not good enough for stags

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Did you read the article ? It makes a very strong case for using a good bonded projectile. The 270 is on of those rounds that really tests projectiles because the initial muzzle velocity is higher that ideal for cup and core type bullets. If I pay $140 per projectile instead of $.70 it is only a difference of $.70 per shot extra and I can absolutely be sure that out of say seventy shots at game from a box of one hundred bullets I will have more humane kills with the bonded bullets and recover more meat as well. With meat at near $20 for beef mince, one extra deer per box of projectiles and less meat wasted with bullets that pass through makes the bonded projectiles effectively 'Free'.
I used to love the Winny Powerpoints, and they are good, but damage meat and are not good enough for stags

Tahr has started a good thread on this subject. Rather than have two conversations going, Ill quote this there and move this part of conversation to that thread.