Originally Posted by
ChristopherO
From personal experience I like the way a meplat works over a RN or SP, but if a rifle won't feed it, it won't feed it. If it were I, then a RF profile that feeds but still has the desired effect of displacing tissue and moisture as it traverses through the body cavity would give more piece of mind when the trigger is pulled. That, and I am not a hard cast fan when it comes to shooting living things. Some deformation is my goal when casting for the hunt. A spiral point cast that doesn't mushroom is effectively a FMJ. Not a proven design for quick kills. Can they? Yes. Are they a good idea? Not in my humble and experienced opinion.
I've shot small feral critters with 35 caliber RN's out of pistols, which didn't drop them as the moving picture shows would lead us to believe. The lowly 22LR HP (which quickly becomes a FN upon impact) does a much better job dropping small game than does their RN counterparts. Velocity does help out of a CF rifle, though. With that extra speed terminal ballistics of a broad leading edge is head and shoulders over the projectile that pierces the hide with a small tip which stays a small tip, in and out. Take the same small tip, either RN or SP, that has soft lead up front and it is GAME ON.
I wish you well on your journey to find the perfect match and continued one shot kills ahead.