Originally Posted by
Milky Duck
ok so why not go with a big hollow point like the dynapoints shown on here???
reason I ASK THIS...having used a fair few .308 calibre 151grn hp and the 170grn flat nose of the same... the 151s are by far the more reliable killing round and because they will double hole a deer ,as was so neatly put above" whats the point of going heavier??? the extra weight DOES NOT compute into energy expended inside the deer so therefore is wasted....
I played around with the nose of the hollow points,placed plastic BB and a steel #2 bird shot pellet in some...cut slits into lips of hollow point all in quest of expansion at subsonic speed,I did only ever recover one projectile and it sure did expand.from 7.62mm to 16mm it was found in neck chops of a headshot sheep..30ish yards range to target at subsonic speed.
the thought was there to try heavier still projectiles but then saw reason...and if 151 is going right through,200grn gains nothing.
food for thought perhaps???