@7x57JoeMany of you may have already seen this video about the .358 in Africa but, I found it sort of interesting and expect Rick and Bob will too.
@Gomer.Thanks for posting this. It seems like .25s and .35s have very passionate fans. Looks like for good reason.
@GomerI’m more of a 24, 27, 33 kinda guy.![]()
@GomerLookie here, I got a bite…..
@Gomer
Them thar numbers gits me all hot under the collar and riled up because they is useless.
To me it's like the Hatfields and McCoy's. I see or hearz em and I just git to feudin.
Bob
@GomerIn all honesty, I’m a big fan of 7mm and 30 calibers. There is a lot of overlap there, but I can pick nits enough to justify a few of both. Then there’s my $250 Stevens 200 in 22-250. Probably the most accurate rifle I’ve ever owned. It looks like it’s made of used tractor parts.
@LeftySixgunHotCor bullets dont get the love they deserve
My daughter’s 7mm-08 is shooting a 145 HotCor quite well and plan to take those and some 140gr A-Frames to Africa for her. The rifle is being a little stubborn about shooting the 160 HotCors, but I’m not done testing those yet.@LeftySixgun
When used within their velocity parameters they are an excellent bullet.
In my 25 the 100gn hotcore at over 3,600fps kills fallow deer BUT the meat damage and internal damage is excessive. One fallow I shot at around 200 with that bullet hit the deck at impact. When I went to skin it the offside leg came off with the skin. It was just jelly. No bullet was found but man that damage was unreal.
The 250 hotcore in the Whelen punches big holes in both sides of game usually with no tracking required.
Bob
I like the hot coreHotCor bullets dont get the love they deserve