Is this a hunting round?

[Double Naught Spy]

So, NO, it is not a hunting round. It was designed as, and marketed as match ammo. It states right there on the page that this is "Target/Mach" ammunition. It was NOT designed or marketed as hunting ammunition. So obviously, this should never ever be used for hunting because that was not what it was designed for, right?

I am stating purported facts and poking some fun here because I occasionally get given considerable verbal condemnation for testing non-hunting bullets for hunting purposes. People get hung up on "design intent" and marketed parameters of application as if they were handed down by God. So if I have a bullet being tested that does not perform well for hunting that wasn't designed for hunting, folks will often note that obviously it would not work because it wasn't designed for hunting. It is a shallow consideration especially in light of bullets such as Hornady AMAX and ELD-M. While the designers of the bullet may have had one intent in mind, that does not de facto resign the bullet to only that application. There are some target bullets that are fine for hunting, though certainly not all of them. There are some hunting bullets that are not really up to par hunting, despite that being their apparent intent as indicated by the marketing.

As sundowner noted, it can be used for hunting deer (hogs, coyotes, etc.) and some people think very highly of it for the process. Despite some of my videos like this one where I tested the ELD-M 123 gr. factory ammo, it is not one of my favorite rounds, but I think it should be very functional for hunting.

[video=youtube;WnNFGtQSXag]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnNFGtQSXag[/video]