brewer12345
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I don't live in a state that requires them and I am not too worried about incidental lead exposure given that I am careful about trimming meat and do my own processing. Given all that, I am wondering if I am missing something obvious about the copper offerings I see on the market for a couple of cartridges I am fooling with, namely 6.5 Grendel and 350 Legend. In the Grendel my goal is a long range (300+ yards) deer cartridge that doesn't kick and will reliably bring down deer. The copper bullets all seem to have lower ballistic coefficients than the lead offerings (working with Hornady 123 grain SST) and they start to run out of gas right about where I need them to perform. In 350L things are less extreme. The new Barnes 170 grain TSX is the right weight and size, the BC is modestly lower than the lead offerings (170 grain Hornady interlocks), and it looks like to 150 or 175 yards everything will work. The only issue is that the Barnes offering is about a buck a bullet and there is scant load data.
Assuming you aren't afraid of lead bullets or required not to hunt with them, I guess I don't see the attraction. Am I missing something?
Assuming you aren't afraid of lead bullets or required not to hunt with them, I guess I don't see the attraction. Am I missing something?