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Gary O

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besides the boatail, is there any real differences in the way the Pro-Hunter and Game King react on game? Thanks...
 
From what I've always gone by the pro hunter are for regular distances and the Game Kings for the longer rnage shots, other than that not really
 
I took one deer with my .308 using 165g gameking. That was enough. The bullet fragmented like crazy inside the doe, causing a lot of meat damage.

I definately wouldn't want to use this bullet on elk, especially out of a faster caliber.
 
Actually, for normal hunting distances you really won't see any advantage using a BT bullet.

I have heard a lot of horror stories about GameKing bullets failing to expand and fragmenting on game. I would probably use them on Deer but not Elk. I would use a Nosler Partition or AccuBond on Elk.
 
I might be old school here but I like the plain old jacketed soft point for most of my hunting ammo. I like the Remington Core-Loct as well as any others but that said I do not hunt at any great distances with mine. I will mostly be making a shot at 50 to 100 YDS as there is not a lot of open country here to hunt. Last shot was at 20 YDS. Got to love the big target when that happens. Hard to miss.:D
 
Let me add my agreement to what Frogo said. Out to about 300 yards, a flat based spire point will work perfectly since the bt is to help stabalize the airflow around the bullet at longer ranges. A Speer Grand Slam or Remington Cor-Lokt are perfect IMHO. For elk I want to recommend the heavier weight bullets of 180 grains to even 225 grains- caliber sensitive, of course. And out West, you'll want to take some BT's loaded up for long shots across canyons-sometimes 400 yards or better.
 
i have used both the prohunter and gameking on game. i have found that both are excellent... but are best delivered at non magnum velocitys. when delivered at over 3000 fps i found them to be quite soft and prone to breaking up at close ranges. when at longer range and more reasonably loaded i have found them to be excellant.
 
I and the guys I hunt with have used the .30 cal 180gn GK on Elk with excellent results from 25 yds to 1200 yds. Yes, I said 1200, one shot and she dropped w/in 20 yds with both lungs trashed. These have all been from .300 wm with a muzzle velocity of around 3000fps.
 
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