Speedo66
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PM to be sent.Wants to sell that Chinese ammo?
PM to be sent.Wants to sell that Chinese ammo?
I like the Tulammo 154 grn soft point or a federal fusion. The 122 grn hollow point, or open tip if you prefer, will kill a deer, but nowhere near as decisively as the soft point ammo. I have shot and killed 3 deer with the 122 grn, and it just isn't dependable enough for hunting deer. Never an exit wound with it.
To be clear, that's the exit wound you're showing?
It's definitely true that Open Tip Match is a ballistic feature, but it's probably a dramatic overstatement to say in MOST cases, HPs do not expand. In the case of the Soviet 5.45x39mm, an open tip was designed to make the bullet yaw on impact and cause more damage. This is the only "hollow point/hollow tip" I'm aware of that's not likely to expand.There's a difference between hollow point bullets and modern soft point expanding hunting bullets.
In most cases the hollow point does not expand, it's used to shift the center of gravity toward the rear of the bullet.
This increases the ballistics of the bullet for better accuracy at longer ranges.
That's why a lot of high end Match bullets have a hollow point.
Usually hollow point bullets are actually full metal jacket bullets with a thick copper jacket with a small hole in the tip.
Modern sporting soft point bullets are specifically designed to expand on impact to increase the killing ability of the bullet.
These bullets are designed to rapidly and massively expand or mushroom on impact and are intended for hunting.
The hollow point bullets are for military and target shooting, the soft point for hunting.
CorrectTo be clear, that's the exit wound you're showing?
John
That's how it's supposed to work! But no, that hasn't been my experience with wolf or tula hollowpoints. Haven't tried the silver bear up, just use soft points since they are predictable.
7.62 Russian Short makes a sorry deer cartridge.
We owe the game a quick harvest and in my opinion the low powered intermediary rounds like the .30 carbine and 7.62 Russian Short were never meant for hunting. I like to step up to a full power .30-06 as being more than capable for the task at hand yet recoiling lightly.
Don’t make a close quarters military round into a deer hunting round. Not it’s forte.
like to step up to a full power .30-06 as being more than capable for the task at hand yet recoiling lightly.
I am getting to know my SKS better. I have just plinked with it. I find the TulAmmo from Russia is offered in hollow point bullets (122 grain). I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on it for any hunting applications. I must admit I am somewhat doubtful about how great they may be, but maybe somewhat better than FMJ's. I tried soft point American factory ammo and my rifle turned into a machine gun with its free-floating firing pin and soft American primer. Slam fire is possible when not using military ammo, so I was looking at the military type ammo with the HP. The foreign military stuff has never slam fired on me.
Anyway, any thoughts about the effectiveness of this type of ammo in HP are welcome. Thank you.