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Before this thread gets to far out of hand, Judman, put me down for NO.
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Before this thread gets to far out of hand, Judman, put me down for NO. 🤭🤣🤣👍
Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
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So - hypothetical - I want to shoot a nice monster bull elk with my 7-08
250 yards and less
What bullet would you say "no" to (non-premium) and "yes" to (premium) in like weights?
Is it really possible to get a "bad" bullet these days?
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What’s the consensus here? No.
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You just can’t help yourself can you? memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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So - hypothetical - I want to shoot a nice monster bull elk with my 7-08
250 yards and less
What bullet would you say "no" to (non-premium) and "yes" to (premium) in like weights?
Is it really possible to get a "bad" bullet these days?
Yes and no! Many bullets are rather specialized. The bullet that may be great on whitetails may not be great on elk! Would the whitetail bullet kill the elk, yes.....within pretty narrow parameters! memtb
Last edited by memtb; 12/31/20.
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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So - hypothetical - I want to shoot a nice monster bull elk with my 7-08
250 yards and less
What bullet would you say "no" to (non-premium) and "yes" to (premium) in like weights?
Is it really possible to get a "bad" bullet these days?
Yes! memtb I don't mean a singularly bad bullet - I mean one that's poor by design. Pulling the next bullet out of the box isn't likely to change the outcome so to speak.
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Just curious I’ve used bt’s lotsa Hornady interlocks Berger’s partitions 4-5 different broadheads, 4-5 different musket bullets, Winchester power points, rem cor loks and some I’m sure I’m forgetting As I ponder this, sgk, and federal fusions. I’m sure there’s more. Grin
Ping pong balls for the win.
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I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
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You just can’t help yourself can you? memtb
Who? This guy?
Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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"The bullet remains intact at ultra-high velocities in fast twist barrels, while its highly frangible core fragments violently on impact. Produces instant fragmentation, virtually vaporizing ground squirrels and prairie dogs ..."
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Word on the street is this Ol boy has 2 147 elds via 6.5 cm, a few 50 cal musket boolits and been stuck a few times with a bow... local legend, hope someone kills him, got 3-4 years of trail cam pics of him.. amazing animal. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/kgZFcf2Q/F29-A2-E58-0572-4-E2-E-ACDC-4597-EFBF8-A20.jpg)
Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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At TODAY'S prices...All Bullets Are Premium...and...uh...Matter!
Don't ask me about my military service or heroic acts...most of it is untrue.
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Shot a full size cow elk this season using the the cup-n-core ELD-X. Next season I plan on using the Norma Bond Strike just because.
As I explained to my nephew, if you're on a big ticket elk hunt and it's the last hour of the last day and the rack of your dreams is about to go over the hill, what bullet do you want in the chamber?
Me? Partition.
It's you and the bullet, and all the rest is secondary.
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In a magnum, yes.
In a sane cartridge, no.
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Same Ol bull ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/1503Mt4J/109-F3-E24-ED40-4148-88-FF-E7-EE09-BD7651.png)
Ping pong balls for the win.
Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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So - hypothetical - I want to shoot a nice monster bull elk with my 7-08
250 yards and less
What bullet would you say "no" to (non-premium) and "yes" to (premium) in like weights?
Is it really possible to get a "bad" bullet these days?
My 7mm-08 is stoked with 139 LRX's but I'm stuck rolling lead free. If you dont mind lead the 140gr AB and 150GR BT is a great bullet
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