I'm a head/neck and high shoulder/spine shooter so bullet construction and expansion is a second thought to me over what kind of group said bullet will give me. I'm kind of thinking that a well placed shot in the heart and lungs is more important than if the bullet expands or not. If we make a "modern" hunting bullet, but it is going too slow to expand at 1800fps, it is a "failure". Is there a double standard? If we purposefully make a non-expanding bullet and shoot it at 1800fps, then it is "okay". So if we look at a hard cast 30-30 at 100 to 150 yards and compare it to a 6.5 Grendel at the same velocity, even if the Grendel doesn't expand, what is the difference? At 1,800fps both will poke holes through ribs, lungs and hearts. The biggest advantage that I've personally noticed with "modern" calibers is the extra range that you can achieve due to the higher velocities and "flatter" trajectories that go with it. I found them to be effective, but so are the bullets that expand on impact. Some guys swear by them, and I have friends that still hunt with hard cast bullets in. Entry and exit holes were the same diameter, no expansion. A few years ago I played with hard cast hunting rounds and killed both deer and bear with hard cast lead bullets in the. We don't hear about them too much anymore since most modern hunting rounds are copper jacketed (or solid copper) and hard cast bullets can't go too fast or they lead the barrel. On the opposite end though are the hard cast (hard lead that doesn't expand) hunting rounds. (As a side note, I'm not sold on the 1,000 ft-lb requirement but that is a different discussion). Maybe I'm wrong on this, but that is the feeling I get from all the comments. The assumption seems to be that if the bullet isn't going to expand then it won't be a humane kill, even if the energy is above 1,000 ft-lbs. Lately I have been reading a lot of comments and discussion about the minimum velocity required for bullet expansion. Here is what has been rattling around in my head. I don't really have an opinion on this yet, but am curious as to what other guys think. Okay guys, I'm just looking for some other thoughts and opinions.
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