Dr.Carl Gremse, Senior Researcher of the Brandenburg State Forest Service (Germany), developed a very useful method to evaluate the bullet wounding behaviour.
That is an important point. If non toxic projectiles become mandatory, thing will have to change on what constitutes a proper hunting load.A political background to all these studies cannot be denied. Lead-free bullets are increasingly required in many areas of various countries in Europe. Not everyone at beginning liked that, especially not hunters who were satisfied with their classic old bullets for decades. There were initially problems with various lead-free bullets, external ballistic problems in older rifles, but also terminal ballistic so that it became necessary to demonstrate to us through various studies that it is possible to kill game with lead-free bullets. In the meantime, the majority of us believe that, but still not all.
Well you know what they say about marriage. There are 3 rings.Greetings all Hunters (especially fellow Rifle Grumps),
Reportedly, Barnes monumental expanding bullets are more reliable than when first introduced, especially their latest version, with that plastic thingy in the nose.
And that is definitely good news.
Having said that, evidently now and then, even that newest version fails to expand in some critter, resulting in an undesirable “ice pick type wound”.
With hunting rifles, I have experienced such consistently excellent performance from heavy for caliber, blunt shaped projectiles, within about 300 paces that, I see no reason to waste what little time I have left (I’m a geezer) with new bullet experimentation.
“Hollow point spitzers, bah-humbug”
If anyone wants to clobber me for that, go ahead.
Undoubtedly I’ve had worse.
(Been married twice).
Best Regards,
Velo Dog.
I sure hope you are correct about Peregrines as in 9-days I'm leaving for a TZ buffalo hunt and Peregrine Bushmasters are all I'm taking.I wonder if the pinholing (I've had it in 308 150gr TSX@ 2850fps odd MV reasonably close on an impala) isn't caused when either the bullet strikes no bone (well established) or the hollowpoint strikes at an angle which closes the hollow point rather than expands it. I think the peregrines with the wide meplat don't seem to have this issue because the impact pressure always expands the copper.