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I've got a Marlin XLR in 45-70 and shot the Garrett 420gr Hammerheads +p for almost 9 years, killed exactly 1 moose with it at 25 yards, it was a complete pass through and the bull walked no more than 20 yards. I really liked the Garrett HH's but at $80 per box plus shipping they just got a little to expensive so I switched to the HSC 430gr Bear Loads, they shoot well in my rifle but the true test will be when I shoot either a moose or a grizz, hopefully sometime next week.
That's ok, I'll ass shoot a dink.
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Just packed out the lady's caribou she shot with a 350 grain swift. That thing opened up a 2.5 inch hole out of that caribou. Immediate expansion. She didn't want to bust brush with her oberndorf 9.3, so took my ugly scabbard lever gun. Deadly bullets. I second the A-frames
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AkMtnHntr, good luck on your hunt and i hope you smash one.
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Easy peasy. 405 grain Woodleigh. 1) They are bonded so cling together 2) The lead and copper are brittle enough to lose some weight thus NOT maintaining a huge mushroom that limits penetration. This gives them a great combination of expansion, wound channel and penetration. At the velocities we are talking about the 350 grain Hornady flatnose with interlock is also a winner. The old 300 Nosler Partition which has been discontinued was truly amazing but now long gone. I made a video on this topic 4 years ago if you are interested. I have also testted the 400 Speer and it is really soft and the enormous expansion reduced penetration. I have also tested 440 grain Hard Cast bullets with a wide meplat and while they penetrate through a huge amount of tissue the wound channel is quite a bit less. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5nd2uuhaMAWell done video, thanks
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