sheephunterab
AH fanatic
- Joined
- May 5, 2016
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- Alberta, Canada
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- SCI, Wild Sheep Foundation, AFGA
- Hunted
- Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Argentina, Canada, USA, Russia
Red Leg, there seems to be this notion that I am somehow defending, recommending, whatever you want to call it, the DGX and the truth is, I'm just hear to talk about bullet performance as it relates to construction regardless of brand. Perhaps read back through the pages again and you'll see that. Not once have I said that anyone should use the DGX or have I even defended it. I've explained its construction and explained its terminal performance...nothing more. With that knowledge hopefully people can decide if its the right bullet for them or not. All I've tried to do is share my knowledge of bullet construction and how it relates to terminal performance. I posted some pictures of other manufacture's bullets that one poster instantly jumped on as not suitable for dangerous game either despite them being proven big game bullets. I like to look at each recovered bullet and decide how it ended up in that condition. Very, very, very rarely would I say a bullet failed. More often than not there is a logical explanation as to why it ended up in the shape it did. Manufacturer's pictures of perfect mushrooms have given most hunters a false impression of what success and failure is. Run enough bullets through enough animals and you'll see every shaped bullet possible. People are losing the ability to be analytical. When a TSX or GM X shed petals there are a dozen possible explanations besides failure. When an A-Frame blows to pieces there are likely another dozen possibilities. We are becoming way too quick to blame the bullet rather than understand the external forces that play into terminal performance. I'm not here to tell anyone to use the DGX...I don't use it myself but that doesn't meaqn the rational side of me can't discuss the construction and terminal performance of bullets. Go ahead, bash away at the DGX...I couldn't care less. I was just pointing out that some of the comments were false. If you want a bullet that does something else, you should shoot something else. I've been in this exact same position discussing the TSX but since I don't work on a TV show sponsored by Barnes the personal attacks are less. Perhaps I just like to discuss bullet performance and there is nothing nefarious about my participation. Just a thought.
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