Lead and monolith bullets

[Miletic]

Certainly. If you want wound photos, look for my posts in the Bullet Performance thread or I can email you more.

fyi - the material in the bullet cavity on the left is bone that was strongly embedded into the bullet.

Thank you. I have a lot of photo wounds from lead grains. I don't have a lot of Monoliths, that's why I asked you for pictures of the bullets. Thanks again

 

[Flbt]

On our forum here, I see a constant presentation of monolithic bullets and their testing. Since I highly appreciate the hunters how write here, I am interested in how many of you prefer to use lead bullets and how many monolithic bull. I would like to use your opinion and make a comparison for different continents. The size and type of game is not important, but if you still make a difference, it would be desirable to state it.
Thank s

I like lead bullets.
The only experience I have had with the solid copper was with a 223 and the barns x
And the 6.5geendal with the tipped version.
I was not impressed with either.
The 223 was small for deer to start with. And I got the barns because everything I had read it made the 223 ok for deer and left blood trails.
It did not in my experience but that was limited to only 3 deer.
When I got the 6.5g all I could find was wolf fmg and the barns tipped ammo.
Again small sample 2 deer. I was not impressed with the damage done.
When I was able to get some federal fusion the 6.5g for me seamed to do alot better a lot more damage but again a small sample 3 deer

 

[Hyde Hunter]

Sierra Game clasic good soft point.
I looked at your hunting offer. You have an interesting offer for hunters

I have only shot one animal spike animal with a 250gr .338 Win Mag at about 90 yards and the bullet only weighed 67 gr when recovered and no bone hit. Have never shot a Sierra bullet again, except varmints.

 

[Tex .416]

Thank you. I have a lot of photo wounds from lead grains. I don't have a lot of Monoliths, that's why I asked you for pictures of the bullets. Thanks

.308 Win 130 grain Barnes TTSX low behind shoulder to the heart

Same day, same bullet, same shot placement, different deer.

Entrance wound on a javelina with the .308 130 TTSX. These bullets expand rapidly and the entrance wounds can be larger than the exit wounds.

Exit wound from a 300 grain TSX from a .45-70 at 100 yards, so relatively low velocity.

I have quite a few, how many would you like?

 

[Muskox]

This is just my experience over the past 3 years July 2024-November 2026. I have 8 driven hunts and a fallow deer hunt in Gylaj in Hungary in the next 3 months. Hopefully another 10-20 animals are on the hunt.

5 Red Deer, 4 stags and a hind. All shot with monometal bullets from RWS Hit. Kind of a like a Barnes Tipped X Bullet. Cartridges were 308, 30-06 and 10,3x68. The 2 shot with the 10,3x68 were shot in the heart and ran 40-60 meters. The rest were shot through the shoulders or spine and were dead with 20 meters.

1 wild boar shot through the lungs too high and ran 150 meters, killed by the dog handler. Was not able to move, but wasn't dead.

4 fallow deer. 1 with the 308 Winchester, 2 with the 8x57 and 1 with the 10,3x68 RWS, all with RWS Hit bullets. 3 were shoulder shots, down at the shot, 2 were dead when I got there. 1 was a heart/lung pocket shot ran 100 yards.

2 chamois. Both with a 30-06 RWS Hit. One lung shot laying down, ran 40 meters. One shoulder shot dead in 20 meters.

6 roe deer. 2 RWS HIT heart/lung shot ran 30-60 meters with 8x57. 1 same cartridge combination shot through the shoulders dead on the spot. 3 with 6.5 Creedmoor Hornady ELD-X. Shoulder shot dropped in tracks.

18 animals in 3 years, not a ton. Mostly with the RWS Hit.

Cartridge did not matter, bullet placement mattered on 18 animals.

Tough bullet in the shoulders.

Soft bullet in the heart lungs was ok, but not as dramatic.

Bad shots mean tracking.

Nothing else really matters.

I am convinced a 223, 243 or 6.5 Creedmoor with an accurate rifle and a good bullet in the spine, lungs or heart will kill anything that walks.