Author: pogson
Subject: Round nose
Posted: July 10 2018 at 4:45pm
Heavy RN bullets are great for hunting in bush where range to target is limited by terrain to about 200 yards. Using high-velocity lighter pointed bullets is not ideal for such close encounters because the bullets expand much more than necessary, are easily deflected by twigs and deposit lots of lead/copper fragments in the game. I use two kinds of rounds when I hunt, heavy RN loaded down quite a bit, say starting loads or middling, for walking around and guarding small openings. I use medium weight SPBT bullets for longer ranges when the RN would be too slow on arrival and have too high a trajectory. Typically I zero the faster pointed bullets for 300-350 yards and with the same setting the heavy RN crosses the line of sight around 200 yards with a somewhat smaller height of trajectory. It's easy to load a few pointed rounds in the magazine with one RN on top. If I set up for a long shot I have time to shuck the RN and I'm good to go. Been using this recipe for decades and passed it on to the next generation. It works. It's good to see people appreciate RN. They work. Test expansion at short, medium and long ranges to make sure your bullets do what you want.
Subject: Round nose
Posted: July 10 2018 at 4:45pm
Heavy RN bullets are great for hunting in bush where range to target is limited by terrain to about 200 yards. Using high-velocity lighter pointed bullets is not ideal for such close encounters because the bullets expand much more than necessary, are easily deflected by twigs and deposit lots of lead/copper fragments in the game. I use two kinds of rounds when I hunt, heavy RN loaded down quite a bit, say starting loads or middling, for walking around and guarding small openings. I use medium weight SPBT bullets for longer ranges when the RN would be too slow on arrival and have too high a trajectory. Typically I zero the faster pointed bullets for 300-350 yards and with the same setting the heavy RN crosses the line of sight around 200 yards with a somewhat smaller height of trajectory. It's easy to load a few pointed rounds in the magazine with one RN on top. If I set up for a long shot I have time to shuck the RN and I'm good to go. Been using this recipe for decades and passed it on to the next generation. It works. It's good to see people appreciate RN. They work. Test expansion at short, medium and long ranges to make sure your bullets do what you want.