I'm a bit to new to this and although the rifle and shot placement with the 80gr sakos gives me confidence just the amount of people that have said that the pencil through on small game has made me nervous about them. Ive put up another post asking for suggestions for a try in 80gr to 90gr in 243 that people like on roe as that's all I'm going for at this stage.
Have a look at this recent thread which bears out what I was saying about all bullets, whether lead core or copper misbehaving on occasion...notice that nobody in the thread has blamed the lead content of the bullet...for the pencilling or failure to expand.
Soft point expansion
I’ve recently bought myself a Tikka varmint stainless .222 The only rounds I’ve been able to try as of yet are Norma 40grn Vmax and federal power shock 50grn soft points, Federal soft points were the best grouping round so I’ve stuck with them. I was out on the foxes a few nights ago and shot a...
Alan