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The bullet is going too fast for it's construction. The faster it goes the faster is mushrooms and stops.
Wow, talk about separation! What happened to the core?
GS
I agree with those that have said that bullet failed and it would NOT be my choice for hunting deer sized animals...
In the case of the A-Max, you betcha. Take the A-Max and add a cannalure (to hold it together) and you have an SST, which Hornady still considers an explosive bullet. For hunting whitetails the A-Max at at 300 WSM velocities will knock them for a loop. I wouldn't use them myself, and I would stay away from them on elk. I am into lots of bone crushing penetration and plenty of leakage. However, if you recover the critter, use what ever trips your trigger.A 208 grain thirty caliber bullet is a varmint bullet?
Judging by its performance, absolutely! Would anyone expect a 300gr .405 to act like a varmint bullet and be barely capable of dropping a 100lb doe? Of course not but that's exactly what it did.A 208 grain thirty caliber bullet is a varmint bullet?
Yeah, blame the shot placement. I never intentionally hunt deer with varmint loads. So I usually have no issues going through a shoulder on the way in and expected to do so on that shot. On a doe, I might add, moving in very low light.Are you sure that's why it barely worked? Looks like a pretty high impact to me.
Yeah he's only killed 9.
I said the "bullet" failed, I didn't say the "hunt" failed...
You do know there's a difference, don't you??
DM