04-04-2023, 05:12 AM
Rickt300,
I know it would be a royal PIA, but do the jug test with that bullet 30 times, to gain some statistical data, at the range you would normally shoot deer. if it breaks into chunks 30 times i a row (and thirty times is starting to get enough repetitions to be statistically significant) then there is something to go on. One jug experiment, for any bullet, isn't enough statistically to predict with any degree of confidence what the outcome will be on critters. for an example, if after 30 impacts into jugs at the distances you expect to hit deer (200 yards?? more?? less??) and say 12 times it pencils through and doesn't expand, and 18 times it breaks into chunks, would you still go hunting with it?? most any bullet will expand or fragment at 20 ft. but try it at the distances you would normally shoot a deer and see how many times, or not, it pencil's through. that should also be good practice at shot placement at hunting distances too, i would think.
best to you,
-tdbru
I know it would be a royal PIA, but do the jug test with that bullet 30 times, to gain some statistical data, at the range you would normally shoot deer. if it breaks into chunks 30 times i a row (and thirty times is starting to get enough repetitions to be statistically significant) then there is something to go on. One jug experiment, for any bullet, isn't enough statistically to predict with any degree of confidence what the outcome will be on critters. for an example, if after 30 impacts into jugs at the distances you expect to hit deer (200 yards?? more?? less??) and say 12 times it pencils through and doesn't expand, and 18 times it breaks into chunks, would you still go hunting with it?? most any bullet will expand or fragment at 20 ft. but try it at the distances you would normally shoot a deer and see how many times, or not, it pencil's through. that should also be good practice at shot placement at hunting distances too, i would think.
best to you,
-tdbru