Frangible bullets

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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Hunting ammo for rifles is also brass-jacketed. The difference between it
and
military rounds is that the jacket on military rounds covers the entire
bullet;
in hunting rounds, the tip is left exposed. This gives the military round
more
range and decreases the chance that the round will kill the enemy soldier
(as
agreed to by the Hague Convention). The hunting round expands more
readily on
contact and is designed to kill as humanely (ie: rapidly) as possible.

Well, this is just a little bit off, in my experience.

Jacketed rounds aren't meant to less the chance the round will kill
the soldier, but to lessen the damage it does to his insides if he
survives the hit.

A FMJ bullet, as required by the Geneva Convestion (or the Hague...I can;t
remember which) does not expand, but therefore it also produces disabling
wounds, thus requireing soldiers to cart their wounded off the battlefield.
Thus one FMJ bullet can take five men out of action -- one wounded, four to
carry the litter.

And hunting rounds are soft-nosed not to kill rapidly but to ensure
that a leg wound or or non-fatal hit will cripple the deer, so that he
will be tracked and killed by the hunter, rather than escaping into
the next county and dying a slow death from the cold and predators.

Completely backwards. You never shoot an animal unless you're farily sure of
an _immediate_ kill (like mere seconds).


I know how hunting rounds are built. I'm sitting less than two feet
from a box of .303 British Core Lokt Soft Point.

Whcih are high expansion bullets...not as good as the current merchandise,
but good for their day (late 50's to early 70's).

Completely backwards. You never shoot an animal unless you're farily sure of
an _immediate_ kill (like mere seconds).

Perhaps I never do, but evidently I am in a small minority, given the
number of guys I've met tracking deer through my woods by the blood
trail.

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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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Completely backwards. You never shoot an animal unless you're farily sure
of
an _immediate_ kill (like mere seconds).

Perhaps I never do, but evidently I am in a small minority, given the
number of guys I've met tracking deer through my woods by the blood
trail.

Was that the result of their poor marksmanship and poor decisions to take a
high risk shot...or their intent to get some exercise by chasing down the
wounded animal?

I "assume" you're familiar with the term "Buck Fever".

Cub Driver wrote:

Perhaps I never do, but evidently I am in a small minority, given the
number of guys I've met tracking deer through my woods by the blood
trail.

I had to follow a blood trail once. Turned out, I had put a Federal Ammo 8mm
bullet right through the lungs at 80 yards. The deer made it 100 yards through
heavy brush and covered itself over with leaves. Had to come back with a dog to
find it.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Cub Driver wrote:

Perhaps I never do, but evidently I am in a small minority, given the
number of guys I've met tracking deer through my woods by the blood
trail.

I had to follow a blood trail once. Turned out, I had put a Federal Ammo
8mm
bullet right through the lungs at 80 yards. The deer made it 100 yards
through
heavy brush and covered itself over with leaves. Had to come back with a
dog to
find it.

Shoulda' gone for a neck shot!