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Post by rangeball on Mar 13, 2009 9:26:09 GMT -5
Ken, when I shoot 12g slugs, sometimes they are saboted barnes or other jacketed bullet, and sometimes they are flat nose big meplat, usually the hastings. Of the 4 deer I've shot with the hastings, which are 540 grains at 1500 fps (and shoot like lazers), 3 have been DRT bang/flops, one "fell" about 15 yards. In each, both lungs were soup, proving to me the shock wave dealt by the meplat does indeed exist  The dixie terminators are what I'd want if I was shooting something that could eat me. Give me an 870 with the plug out and an extension tube jammed full of as many of their hard cast 730 gr big fat meplat 1200 steam engines of death it will hold, and I'd shoot 'till it's empty or I'm dead |
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Post by screwbolts on Mar 13, 2009 9:41:41 GMT -5
Rangeball, I like the way you think:-) I have cast/loaded for maybe 5yrs. the lyman pellet shaped slugs for friends and family members. 525 gr. Massive Metplat 1450 FPS. (Cronoed 18" barrel) shoots well from smooth or rifled:-) The # of DRT is unbelievable.
Ken
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Post by edge on Mar 13, 2009 9:50:59 GMT -5
In my experience, the animals that hit the ground the fastest were when the bullet exploded as with ballistic tip type bullets! Anyone that has been on this board knows that I do not hunt with those bullets unless they are the only bullet that meets my accuracy criteria....and that rarely is the case IMO, the best IMPACT shape is flat, and the flatter the better. Most bullets are a compromise between construction, shape, cost, etc. IMO, there is no BEST bullet as different circumstances call for different results. edge.  |
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Post by rangeball on Mar 13, 2009 10:10:50 GMT -5
I agree, shooting 12g slugs is much different than shooting .45 or even .50 or smaller bullets from a ML, much more choices in adequately performing bullets. The saboted barnes or jacketed bullets from my slug are in my opinion too tough for deer. The 325 gr barnes was probably the best terminally for me, but the others, way too tough. Shot a deer last season with the new remington accutip 385 gr .58 jacketed with a big plastic tip, penciled through, only started to expand at the off side. Deer ran 20-30 yards and laid down, took 10 minutes to die. Shot her sister with a hastings and DRT. The 300 gr SST may have had merit, but my USH hated them  |
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